undertaking

Roget-categorie 676

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.3. Precursory measures

#676. Undertaking

zelfstandig naamwoord

undertaking — compact etc. 769 — adventure, venture — engagement etc. (promise) 768 — enterprise, emprise^† — pilgrimage — matter in hand etc. (business ) 625 — move — first move etc. (beginning) 66.

werkwoord

undertake — engage in, embark in — launch into, plunge into — volunteer — apprentice oneself to — engage etc. (promise) 768 — contract etc. 769 — take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders — devote oneself to etc. (determination) 604.
take up, take in hand — tackle — set about, go about — set to, fall to, set to work — launch forth — set up shop — put in hand, put in execution — set forward — break the neck of a business, be in, for — put one's hand to, put one's foot in — betake oneself to, turn one's hand to, go to do — begin one's etc. 66 — broach one's, institute one's etc. (originate) 153 — put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel.
have in hand etc. (business) 625 — have many irons in the fire etc. (activity) 682.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

undertaking etc. v. — on the anvil etc. 625.

tussenwerpsel

here goes!,

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