Meaning of "undertook" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERTOOK

undertook  [ˌʌndəˈtʊk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERTOOK

Undertook 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 undertook in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERTOOK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Undertaking (driving)

Undertaking or overtaking on the inside refers to the practice of overtaking a slower vehicle on a road using the lane that is kerb side of the vehicle being passed; that is to say, a lane to the left of the vehicle in countries where driving is on the left, or a lane to the right of the vehicle in countries where driving is on the right. The practice of undertaking, therefore, may only usually occur on a motorway or other road where there is more than one lane in the same direction or when the width of the roads makes this possible. Many countries consider undertaking dangerous and therefore designate it a driving offence, however most countries make the distinction between involuntary undertaking as opposed to the deliberate attempt to pass a slower moving vehicle for one's own benefit.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERTOOK

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 undertook

you would undertook

he/she/it would undertook

we would undertook

you would undertook

they would undertook

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 undertook

you would have undertook

he/she/it would have undertook

we would have undertook

you would have undertook

they would have undertook

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.

SYNONYMS OF «UNDERTOOK»

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

synonyms of undertook

agree · attempt · begin · commence · contract · covenant · engage · guarantee · pledge · promise · set about · tackle · take on · try

TRANSLATION OF UNDERTOOK

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

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

• Translator English - Chinese: 承诺
• Translator English - Spanish: se comprometió
• English: undertook
• Translator English - Hindi: चलाया
• Translator English - Arabic: التحقت
• Translator English - Russian: взялся
• Translator English - Portuguese: se comprometia
• Translator English - Bengali: হাতে নেয়
• Translator English - French: entreprit
• Translator English - Malay: Melakukan
• Translator English - German: verpflichtete
• Translator English - Japanese: undertook
• Translator English - Korean: 착수
• Translator English - Javanese: Tumindak
• Translator English - Vietnamese: không lấy
• Translator English - Tamil: மேற்கொண்டார்
• Translator English - Marathi: हाती घेतला
• Translator English - Turkish: üstlendi
• Translator English - Italian: si impegnava
• Translator English - Polish: zobowiązała
• Translator English - Ukrainian: взявся
• Translator English - Romanian: -au angajat
• Translator English - Greek: δεσμεύθηκε
• Translator English - Afrikaans: onderneem het
• Translator English - Swedish: åtog
• Translator English - Norwegian: påtok

8 QUOTES WITH «UNDERTOOK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word undertook.

1

Daniel Boone

One day I undertook a tour through the country, and the diversity and beauties of nature I met with in this charming season, expelled every gloomy and vexatious thought.

2

Asa Gray

The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them.

3

Jonathan Kellerman

The key to this collaboration - which we undertook after much deliberation - was to stretch creatively. New characters, new locales, new form (the novella).

4

Benoit Mandelbrot

My fate has been that what I undertook was fully understood only after the fact.

5

Condoleezza Rice

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

6

Susan Rice

For the United States to recommit itself to the obligation that we undertook in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that many other states undertook, which was to work towards disarmament and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, is something that manifestly serves our national security interests.

7

Ben Shapiro

During the Cold War, America undertook serious military cuts only once: after the election of Richard Nixon, during the Vietnam War. The result: Vietnam fell to the Communists, the Russians moved into Afghanistan, and American influence around the globe waned dramatically.

8

David Trimble

The Republican movement have not behaved properly over the years. They have not themselves implemented the Agreement. If they had implemented the Agreement then they would have disarmed completely in May 2000, that is what they undertook to do, that is what they failed to do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERTOOK»

Discover the use of undertook in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to undertook and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

"I Undertook Great Works": The Ideology of Domestic ...

Traditionally, scholars study ancient Near Eastern royal inscriptions to reconstruct the events they narrate.

Douglas J. Green, 2010

A Complete System of Pleading: Comprehending the Most ...

In consideration plaintiff would deliver to D. four cows, which plaintiff fold to defendant for thirty pounds, part whereof was paid, defendant undertook to pay the residue, Robins. Entr. 8. In consideration defendant sold to plaintiff fifty coombs of ...

John Wentworth, 1797

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

This poet, therefore, undertook to vindicate the old chivalry, which was every day assailed in every form of banter—he undertook to make men sympathize once more with the reverence which their fathers had felt for the frank and lofty virtues of ...

‎1824

Conjugaison des verbes anglais irreguliers

... que parfait  I undertook  I was undertaking  I had undertaken  You undertook  He undertook  You were undertaking  He was undertaking  You had undertaken  He had undertaken  We undertook  We were undertaking  We ...

pierre elemento

Annals Of The Coinage Of Great Britain And Its Dependencies

Dr. Stukeley undertook all the British Coins in Sir Hans Sloane's Collection, and elsewhere. Mr. Holmes undertook the Saxon Coins in the possession of Mr. Hill, a counsellor. Mr. James Hill undertook to get a description of Lord Harley's Saxon  ...

‎1840

Maintenance of a lobby to influence legislation: Hearings ...

That principle was illustrated, as we saw it, in all forms of legislation which undertook to secure to labor organizations immunity from legal consequences for participating in the sympathetic strike, legislation which undertook to deprive the  ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, 1913

Annals of the Coinage of Britain and Its Dependencies: From ...

Dr. Stukeley undertook all the British Coins in Sir Hans Sloane's Collection, and elsewhere. Mr. Holmes undertook the Saxon Coins in the possession of Mr. Hill, a Counsellor. Mr. James Hill undertook to get a description of Lord Harley's ...

Rogers Ruding, 1819

International Securities Law and Regulation [2007] - II

... to which an underwriter undertakes to purchase from the offeror all or part of the offered securities in the event the public does not, information must be provided as to the name of the underwriter, the par value of the securities he undertook ...

Dennis Campbell, 2007

The Central Pacific Railroad Co: Its Relations to the ...

Central Pacific bought and the Pacific Improvement Company undertook — I was present at the council board of the directors day after day and week after week when Governor Stanford and all of them discussed this proposition. He said: " I ...

Creed Haymond, James L. Andem, 1888

Essentials of the Law ...: Elementary law ... with notes and ...

afterwards, to wit, on the day and year aforesaid, at aforesaid, in the county aforesaid, undertook and faithfully promised the said A B to pay him the said sum of money when he, the said O D, should be thereto afterwards requested.

Marshall Davis Ewell, 1915

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERTOOK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term undertook is used in the context of the following news items.

Police praise divers and fishermen who tried to save a man mauled …

"They undertook some really tremendous efforts to return him to the surface but he was fatally injured," Inspector Wiss said, according to the ABC. Police boats ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Belgium undertook 5.5% of strikes against IS in recent months

The Air Force undertook 796 operations and 163 ground attacks in Iraq on behalf of the international coalition led by the United States against IS terrestrial ... «The Brussels Times, Jul 15»

Omar Sharif undertook every role with honesty and affection

Earlier last month, Christopher Lee, an icon from the classic era cinema, departed from the world, leaving an ever-lasting legacy and a slew of memorable ... «The Nation, Jul 15»

Two San Francisco hospitals, UCSF undertook 18 surgeries in a …

A nine-way kidney swap, considered to be the longest kidney transplant chain, was performed in San Francisco on Friday. The doctors from California Pacific ... «Maine News Online, Jun 15»

Manmohan Undertook Same Number of Foreign Visits: Shah

BJP president Amit Shah today debunked criticism of Congress about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's foreign visits, saying that UPA prime minister Manmohan ... «Outlook, May 15»

Driver who undertook police on M5 at 94mph 'was late for an S Club …

Police who stopped a driver who undertook them at 94mph heading away from Plymouth thought his excuse was a bit of a Reach - he was late for a S Club 7 ... «Plymouth Herald, May 15»

Speeding driver who undertook police car said he was rushing to S …

A speeding driver, caught out undertaking a police car at 94mph, told officers he was rushing to an S Club 7 Concert as an excuse when stopped. Devon and ... «Daily Mail, May 15»

Speeding driver caught undertaking police car at 94mph tells …

A driver who undertook a police car at 94mph told officers he was speeding because he had to get to an S Club 7 gig. The S Club fan was racing up the M5 near ... «mirror.co.uk, May 15»

Emilia Clarke undertook 'cool' gun training

British actress Emilia Clarke learned how to use a gun for her role in new movie Terminator Genisys. The Game of Thrones star, who plays a young version of ... «3News NZ, Apr 15»

Princess Charlene of Monaco enjoys weekend of sporty engagements

The statuesque royal, who became mother to Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques on 10 December 2014, undertook two engagements this weekend. «hellomagazine.com, Apr 15»