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noun

undertaking

any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted

In a sentence

Six example sentences with undertaking, each labelled with its topic.

  • Rebuilding the cathedral roof was an undertaking of eleven years, three hundred oaks, and a workshop built on site.

    Architecture

  • Draining the eastern marshes became the largest undertaking of the century, employing nine thousand labourers for two decades.

    History

  • Merging two airlines is a five-year undertaking, and most of the difficulty lies in the baggage systems, not the planes.

    Business

  • Sequencing the human genome was an undertaking of thirteen years and several thousand scientists on two continents.

    Science

  • Replanting the mangrove coast is an undertaking of decades, with each seedling set by hand at low tide.

    Environment

  • Recording all thirty-two sonatas in a single year was an undertaking the pianist compared to running a marathon monthly.

    Music

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