English noun: undertaking |
1. | undertaking (act) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted |
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| Samples | He prepared for great undertakings.
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| Synonyms | labor, project, task |
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| Broader (hypernym) | work |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | adventure, assignment, baby, breeze, child's play, cinch, dangerous undertaking, duck soup, endeavor, endeavour, endurance contest, enterprise, escapade, labor of love, labour of love, large order, marathon, no-brainer, picnic, piece of cake, proposition, pushover, risky venture, snap, tall order, venture, walkover |
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| Instance hyponym | Manhattan Project |
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2. | undertaking (act) the trade of a funeral director |
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| Broader (hypernym) | craft, trade |
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