Definition of "undertake" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.).

2. (intransitive) To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc.).

   • He undertook to exercise more in future.

3. (British, informal) To pass a slower moving vehicle on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.

4. (archaic, intransitive) To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say.

5. (obsolete, transitive) To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon.

6. (obsolete) To assume, as a character; to take on.

7. (obsolete) To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight.

8. (obsolete) To have knowledge of; to hear.

9. (obsolete) To have or take charge of.

noun

1. (British, informal) The passing of slower traffic on the curbside rather than on the side closest to oncoming traffic.