- present participle of undertake.
undertaking
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Moving a six-ton stone over such a vast distance would have been an enormous undertaking for Neolithic communities.
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
To compete with the upstarts, DraftKings and its closest competitor, Flutter-owned FanDuel, each launched their own prediction markets—no small undertaking.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
And building new pipelines is a multiyear, multibillion-dollar undertaking that requires not just steel and engineering, but land rights, security, financing and diplomatic agreements.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Cochrane was cast following a massive undertaking by HBO to find young actors for the show.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
What he did, he started these undertaking parlors all over the country that you could get members of your family buried for about five bucks apiece.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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