Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word undertaking. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word undertaking, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say undertaking in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word undertaking you have here. The definition of the word undertaking will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofundertaking, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
The Hong Kong SAR Government has given undertakings that such powers [powers to prevent people from leaving Hong Kong] will not be used and that the ability to remove people from flights will be applied only to stop certain asylum seekers from entering Hong Kong.
That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:
He laid the foundation stone on August 1 1847, and then set around 2,000 workmen loose on the undertaking. The station opened exactly one year later on August 1 1848.