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" A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money."
Lewis Hallam

Meaning of "undertaken" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERTAKEN

ˌʌndəˈteɪkən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERTAKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Undertaken is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb undertaken in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERTAKEN

PRESENT

Present
I undertake
you undertake
he/she/it undertakes
we undertake
you undertake
they undertake
Present continuous
I am undertaking
you are undertaking
he/she/it is undertaking
we are undertaking
you are undertaking
they are undertaking
Present perfect
I have undertaken
you have undertaken
he/she/it has undertaken
we have undertaken
you have undertaken
they have undertaken
Present perfect continuous
I have been undertaking
you have been undertaking
he/she/it has been undertaking
we have been undertaking
you have been undertaking
they have been undertaking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I undertook
you undertook
he/she/it undertook
we undertook
you undertook
they undertook
Past continuous
I was undertaking
you were undertaking
he/she/it was undertaking
we were undertaking
you were undertaking
they were undertaking
Past perfect
I had undertaken
you had undertaken
he/she/it had undertaken
we had undertaken
you had undertaken
they had undertaken
Past perfect continuous
I had been undertaking
you had been undertaking
he/she/it had been undertaking
we had been undertaking
you had been undertaking
they had been undertaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will undertake
you will undertake
he/she/it will undertake
we will undertake
you will undertake
they will undertake
Future continuous
I will be undertaking
you will be undertaking
he/she/it will be undertaking
we will be undertaking
you will be undertaking
they will be undertaking
Future perfect
I will have undertaken
you will have undertaken
he/she/it will have undertaken
we will have undertaken
you will have undertaken
they will have undertaken
Future perfect continuous
I will have been undertaking
you will have been undertaking
he/she/it will have been undertaking
we will have been undertaking
you will have been undertaking
they will have been undertaking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would undertaken
you would undertaken
he/she/it would undertaken
we would undertaken
you would undertaken
they would undertaken
Conditional continuous
I would be undertaking
you would be undertaking
he/she/it would be undertaking
we would be undertaking
you would be undertaking
they would be undertaking
Conditional perfect
I would have undertaken
you would have undertaken
he/she/it would have undertaken
we would have undertaken
you would have undertaken
they would have undertaken
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been undertaking
you would have been undertaking
he/she/it would have been undertaking
we would have been undertaking
you would have been undertaking
they would have been undertaking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you undertake
we let´s undertake
you undertake
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to undertake
Past participle
undertaken
Present Participle
undertaking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERTAKEN

Aiken · awaken · bacon · betaken · caretaken · forsaken · godforsaken · Jamaican · Macon · mistaken · overtaken · reawaken · rewaken · shaken · stocktaken · taken · unforsaken · unshaken · untaken · waken

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERTAKEN

undersubscribed · undersupply · undersurface · undertakable · undertake · undertaker · undertaking · undertax · undertenancy · undertenant · underthings · underthirst · underthrust · undertime · undertint · undertone · undertook · undertow · undertrick · undertrump

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERTAKEN

broken · by the same token · chicken · drucken · drunken · Hoboken · Interlaken · ken · kraken · oaken · outspoken · partaken · retaken · spoken · starken · stricken · to be sadly mistaken · token · trocken · weaken

Synonyms and antonyms of undertaken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNDERTAKEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «undertaken» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «undertaken» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF UNDERTAKEN

Find out the translation of undertaken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of undertaken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «undertaken» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

承担
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

emprendido
570 millions of speakers
en

English

undertaken
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कार्य शुरू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تضطلع
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

предприняты
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

empreendido
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

প্রারব্ধ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

entrepris
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Dilaksanakan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

geführt
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

着手
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

착수
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ditindakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thực hiện
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

हाती घेतले
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

üstlenilen
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

intrapreso
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

podejmowane
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

вжито
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

întreprinse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναλαμβάνονται
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderneem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åtagit
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foretas
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of undertaken

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERTAKEN»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of undertaken
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «undertaken».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about undertaken

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «UNDERTAKEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word undertaken.
1
Carol Bellamy
The dream of the Convention was born from the that children and their needs were not been considered when policies were being made, laws passed or actions undertaken.
2
William Bligh
The object of all the former voyages to the South Seas undertaken by the command of his present majesty, has been the advancement of science and the increase of knowledge.
3
Rick Boucher
I defend peoples' right to do that in a lawful manner, but I have not undertaken that practice myself.
4
Kim Campbell
On the same day I was sworn in as Prime Minister of Canada, I announced the most sweeping reform ever undertaken in the structure of our federal government.
5
Oliver Cromwell
I would have been glad to have lived under my wood side, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than to have undertaken this government.
6
Jan Egeland
Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.
7
Evelyn Glennie
I hope the seeds I have sown will be taken up by those who will follow me because the journey I have begun cannot be undertaken in isolation.
8
David Guterson
Don Quixote is one that comes to mind in comparison to mine, in that they both involve journeys undertaken by older men. That is unusual, because generally the hero of a journey story is very young.
9
Lewis Hallam
A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.
10
Theodor Herzl
What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERTAKEN»

Discover the use of undertaken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to undertaken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Quality Initiatives Undertaken by the Veterans Health ...
This report provides an assessment of quality improvement, cost and utilization of services, and health info. technology in the VHA. It examines VHA¿s experience with quality improvement and HIT.
‎2009
2
A Chronological History of Voyages Into the Arctic Regions: ...
A vivid account of exploration in the North Atlantic from the Vikings to the early nineteenth century, published in 1818.
John Barrow, 2011
3
Quality initiatives undertaken by the Veterans Health ...
With the return of vets who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan and with a much larger number of vets from earlier eras who are turning to the VA for at least a portion of their health care, the VHA is now treating more than 5 million vets ...
Allison Percy, United States. Congressional Budget Office, 2009
4
Journals of the sieges undertaken by the allies in Spain, in ...
John T. Jones. ciency of knowledge or skill on the part of the allies, or to superior bravery and conduct on the part of the enemy : such an exposition is considered due to those brave men, whose exertions were thereby on so many occasions ...
John T. Jones, 1814
5
Illustrated handbook of projects undertaken through royal ...
Pictorial representation of projects proposed by Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, b. 1927.
Thailand. Khana Kammakān Čhat Ngān Somphōt Krung Rattanakōsin 200 Pī, Thailand. Samnak Rātchalēkhāthikān, 1982
6
Child care states have undertaken a variety of quality ...
amount actually accounted for under CCDF's MOE and matching requirements. Federal and state matching funds must be committed by the end of the fiscal year in which they are received and spent by the end of the following fiscal year.
7
Japan - Travels and Researches Undertaken at the Cost of the ...
We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Johannes Justus Rein, 2010
8
Wadi Sarga: Coptic and Greek Texts from the Excavations ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Crum W. E. (Walter Ewing), W. E. Crum, 2009
9
Undertaken With Love: A Home Funeral Guide for Congregations ...
The Home Funeral Manual Publishing Group. each side, roll the sheet, which is underneath the body, as close to the body as possible. This creates a handle for lifting. Count to three, and have everyone lift at the same time. A sideways ...
The Home Funeral Manual Publishing Group
10
A voyage to terra Australis; undertaken ... in the years ...
Matthew Flinders. INTRODUCTION The Voyages which had been made, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by Dutch and by English navigators, had successively brought to light various extensive coasts in the southern ...
Matthew Flinders, 1814

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERTAKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term undertaken is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Majority of plug-in vehicle charges undertaken at home
Majority of plug-in vehicle charges undertaken at home. Majority of plug-in vehicle charges undertaken at home. New research has been released showing that ... «Fleet World, Jul 15»
2
Massive search undertaken to find teens off Florida's East coast (+ …
Massive search undertaken to find teens off Florida's East coast (+video). csmonitor icon. Latest News. More. Email. Save for later Saved · Subscribe ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
3
Review of Cheltenham's patchwork paving being undertaken with …
Review of Cheltenham's patchwork paving being undertaken with eye on ... Shire Hall is undertaking a wide-reaching inspection of Cheltenham's York stone. «Gloucestershire Echo, Jul 15»
4
No significant research undertaken to prevent or treat PPCM in …
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare disorder characterized by weakened pumping of the heart, or "left ventricular dysfunction," which results in ... «News-Medical.net, Jul 15»
5
PSLV-XL launch is the heaviest commercial payload undertaken by …
CHENNAI: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) chairman Kiran Kumar has said that the launch of the PSLV-XL (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
9 Unbelievable Acts of Charity Angelia Jolie Has Undertaken to …
It's a well known fact that Angelina Jolie is one of Hollywood's most dedicated philanthropists, but even those who follow her humanitarian work closely might be ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
7
Sponsors Will Quit FIFA Unless Reforms Are Undertaken, Warns Ex …
Michel Zen-Ruffinen is a critic of Sepp Blatter's leadership style and left FIFA in 2002 after producing a report which accused the president of mismanaging ... «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»
8
Are policies undertaken to recover from last financial crisis laying …
A central economic question of our time is whether the policies undertaken to recover from the last financial crisis are laying the groundwork for the next. We now ... «Deseret News, Jun 15»
9
Building & maintaining highways: 5 initiatives undertaken by the …
NEW DELHI: In a bid to push building and maintenance of highways in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government has in the recent weeks ... «Economic Times, May 15»
10
Just one-fifth of UK game industry employees have undertaken work …
In the wider creative media workforce, an average of 41 per cent of employees had undertaken work experience prior to their first job. It should be noted however ... «Develop, May 15»
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