undertake
/ʌndəˈteɪk/
US pronunciation
American sound/ʌndəˈteɪk/
ʌndəˈteɪk
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- 3rd syllable stress
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- Final e often stays silent
ʌndə - ˈteɪk -> undertake
Myanmar meaning
(v) တာဝန်ယူသည်။ လက်ခံ ဆောင်ရွက်သည်။ တာဝန်ယူသည်။ ကတပေးသည်။
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undertake / ʌndǝ'teÇk / v (pt undertook /-'tƱk /; pp undertaken /-'teÇkǝn /) (fml )
၁။ တာဝန်ယူသည်။ လက်ခံ ဆောင်ရွက်သည်။ undertake a mission/ task/ project ❍ She undertook the organization of the whole scheme.
၂။ တာဝန်ယူသည်။ ကတိပေးသည်။ He undertook to finish the job by Friday.
❏ undertaking1 /ʌndǝ'teÇkÇŋ / n
၁။ တာဝန်။ လုပ်ငန်း။ a commercial/ financial undertaking ❍ Getting married is a serious undertaking.
၂။ ~ (that…/ to do sth) (fml ) ကတိ။ အာမခံချက်။ a written undertaking that the loan would be repaid ❍ She gave a solemn undertaking to accept the court's ruling.
More examples
- The court will undertake a serious examination of the case.
- The most recent survey of rare birds was undertaken in 1991.
- It is one of the largest dam projects ever undertaken.
- [undertake to do something] : The government has undertaken to tackle unemployment as a priority.
- To join the club, you have to undertake to buy a minimum of six books a year.
- I'm forever reading about how cyclists shouldn't undertake HGVs, and that's certainly valid.
Synonyms
take on, assume, start, commence, embark on, carry out, agree to, accept, take upon yourself, address oneself, agree, answer for, attempt, bargain, begin, commit, commit oneself, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, engage in, enter upon, fall into, go about, go for, go in for, go into, guarantee, have a hand in, have a try, hazard, initiate, launch, make a run at, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, set about, set in motion, set out, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take the plunge, take upon oneself, try, try out, venture, volunteer
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