English-Czech translations for undertake

• podnikat
  Ve spojitosti s tím musí příslušné orgány EU přijmout zvláštní kroky k tomu, aby dohlížely na regiony a jejich schopnosti podnikat preventivní opatření. In relation to this, the appropriate EU institutions must take specific steps to supervise the regions and their abilities to undertake preventative action.

Definition of undertake

• To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc
• To commit oneself (to an obligation, activity etc
• To overtake on the wrong side
• To pledge; to assert, assure; to dare say
• To take by trickery; to trap, to seize upon
• To assume, as a character; to take on
• To engage with; to attack, take on in a fight
• To have knowledge of; to hear
• To have or take charge of

Examples

• He undertook to exercise more in future
• I hate people who try and undertake on the motorway

Related words

• undertaken
• undertaker
• undertakers
• undertaker's
• undertaker's man