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undertaking
noun
1 undertaking
Any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted:
— He prepared for great undertakings.
synonyms: labor, project, task.
Roget 768:
promise,
undertaking,
word,
troth,
plight,
pledge,
parole,
word of honor,
vow;
oath
etc.
(affirmation)
535;
profession,
assurance,
warranty,
guarantee,
insurance,
obligation;
contract
etc.
769;
stipulation.
engagement,
preengagement;
affiance;
betroth,
betrothal,
betrothment.
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Roget 620:
intent,
intention,
intentionality;
purpose;
quo animo [Lat.];
project
etc.
626;
undertaking
etc.
676;
predetermination
etc.
611;
design,
ambition.
contemplation,
mind,
animus,
view,
purview,
proposal;
study;
look out.
final cause;
raison d'etre [Fr.];
cui bono [Lat.];
object,
aim,
end;
the be all and the end all;"
drift
etc.
(meaning)
516;
tendency
etc.
176;
destination,
mark,
point,
butt,
goal,
target,
bull's-eye,
quintain [Mediev.];
prey,
quarry,
game.
decision,
determination,
resolve;
fixed set purpose,
settled purpose;
ultimatum;
resolution
etc.
604;
wish
etc.
865;
arriere pensee [Fr.];
motive
etc.
615.
[Study of final causes]
teleology.
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Roget 625:
business,
occupation,
employment;
pursuit
etc.
622;
what one is doing,
what one is about;
affair,
concern,
matter,
case.
matter in hand,
irons in the fire;
thing to do,
agendum,
task,
work,
job,
chore [U.S.],
errand,
commission,
mission,
charge,
care;
duty
etc.
926.
part,
role,
cue;
province,
function,
lookout,
department,
capacity,
sphere,
orb,
field,
line;
walk,
walk of life;
beat,
round,
routine;
race,
career.
office,
place,
post,
chargeship†,
incumbency,
living;
situation,
berth,
employ;
service
etc.
(servitude)
749;
engagement;
undertaking
etc.
676.
vocation,
calling,
profession,
cloth,
faculty;
industry,
art;
industrial arts;
craft,
mystery,
handicraft;
trade
etc.
(commerce)
794.
exercise;
work
etc.
(action)
680;
avocation;
press of business
etc.
(activity)
682.
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Roget 676:
undertaking;
compact
etc.
769;
adventure,
venture;
engagement
etc.
(promise)
768;
enterprise,
emprise†;
pilgrimage;
matter in hand
etc.
(business )
625;
move;
first move
etc.
(beginning)
66.
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Dutch: Rome is niet op één dag gebouwd, doel, taak, werklast
Polish: przedsięwzięcie
2 undertaking
The trade of a funeral director.
verb
Roget 625:
pass one's time in,
employ one's time in,
spend one's time in;
employ oneself in,
employ oneself upon;
occupy oneself with,
concern oneself with;
make it one's business
etc.
n.;
undertake
etc.
676;
enter a profession;
betake oneself to,
turn one's hand to;
have to do with
etc.
(do)
680.
office,
place,
post,
chargeship†,
incumbency,
living;
situation,
berth,
employ;
service
etc.
(servitude)
749;
engagement;
undertaking
etc.
676.
drive a trade;
carry on a trade,
do a trade,
transact a trade,
carry on business,
do business,
transact business
etc.
n.;
keep a shop;
ply one's task,
ply one's trade;
labor in one's vocation;
pursue the even tenor of one's way;
attend to business,
attend to one's work.
officiate,
serve,
act;
act one's part,
play one's part;
do duty;
serve the office of,
discharge the office of,
perform the office of,
perform the duties of,
perform the functions of;
hold an office,
fill an office,
fill a place,
fill a situation;
hold a portfolio,
hold a place,
hold a situation.
be about,
be doing,
be engaged in,
be employed in,
be occupied with,
be at work on;
have one's hands in,
have in hand;
have on one's hands,
have on one's shoulders;
bear the burden;
have one's hands full
etc.
(activity)
682.
be in the hands of,
be on the stocks,
be on the anvil;
pass through one's hands.
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adjective
Roget 676:
undertaking
etc.
v.;
on the anvil
etc.
625.
Moby thesaurus: accomplished fact, accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, activities, activity, adventure, affair, affairs, agreement, approach, assay, assurance, attempt, bag, bail, bid, blow, bond, business, commerce, commitment, concern, concernment, contract, coup, crack, dealings, deed, doing, doings, earnest, earnest money, effort, employ, employment, endeavor, engagement, enterprise, escrow, essay, experiment, exploit, fait accompli, feat, fling, function, gage, gambit, gest, go, guarantee, guaranty, hand, handiwork, handsel, hassle, hock, hostage, interest, job, labor, lick, lookout, mainprise, maneuver, matter, measure, move, obligation, occupation, offer, operation, overt act, passage, pawn, performance, performing, pignus, pledge, preengagement, proceeding, production, project, promise, realization, recognizance, replevin, replevy, res gestae, service, shot, stab, step, striving, stroke, strong bid, struggle, stunt, surety, task, tentative, thing, thing done, token payment, tour de force, transaction, trial, trial and error, try, turn, understanding, vadimonium, vadium, venture, verbal agreement, vow, warranty, whack, work, works ... show more.
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