a major undertaking
крупное дело
Restoring the old theater was a major undertaking.
Восстановление старого театра было крупным делом.
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undertaking
Meaning of undertaking
English
a large or difficult piece of work or project
Русский
Большая и трудная работа или проект, за который кто-то берётся.
Pronunciation
British English
/ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/
American English
/ˈʌndɚˌteɪkɪŋ/
undertaking with Russian translation
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Масштаб и сложность
Scale and difficultya huge undertaking
огромный проект
We knew that translating all six volumes would be a huge undertaking.
Мы знали, что перевод всех шести томов будет огромной работой.
- a massive undertakingмасштабная работа
- a complex undertakingсложный проект
- a difficult undertakingтрудное дело
- a costly undertakingдорогостоящий проект
- a time-consuming undertakingтрудоёмкое дело
- an ambitious undertakingамбициозный проект
Работа над проектом
Working on a projectbegin an undertaking
взяться за дело
Before beginning the undertaking, we assessed the risks.
Прежде чем взяться за это дело, мы оценили риски.
complete an undertaking
завершить работу
They completed the undertaking two months ahead of schedule.
Они завершили работу на два месяца раньше срока.
- finance an undertakingфинансировать проект
- support an undertakingподдержать проект
- abandon an undertakingотказаться от проекта
- the cost of an undertakingстоимость реализации проекта
Виды крупных проектов
Types of major projectsa joint undertaking
совместный проект
The exhibition was a joint undertaking by two museums.
Выставка была совместным проектом двух музеев.
a risky undertaking
рискованное дело
Opening a restaurant without experience is a risky undertaking.
Открывать ресторан без опыта — рискованное дело.
- a worthwhile undertakingстоящее дело
- a long-term undertakingдолгосрочный проект
- a research undertakingисследовательский проект
- an undertaking of this scaleпроект такого масштаба
- a collective undertakingколлективное дело
- an engineering undertakingинженерный проект
undertaking usage examples
🇬🇧English→🇷🇺Russian
Building the bridge was a huge undertaking.
Строительство моста было огромным делом.
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Moving to another country is a big undertaking.
Переезд в другую страну — большое дело.
undertaking synonyms
Related word breakdowns
What's the difference between undertaking, project, venture, enterprise, and task
ENOur class is working on a project about trees.
ENOpening a café was a risky venture.
Advanced: broader words
E
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enterprise
A bold, large-scale project; formal.
rare word
ENFlying to the Moon was a bold enterprise.
T
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task
A piece of work, usually smaller.
very often
ENMy first task today is to answer emails.
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undertaking meaning: what does it mean?
a large or difficult piece of work or project
undertaking pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?
undertaking is pronounced as /ˌʌndəˈteɪkɪŋ/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.
undertaking definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?
Строительство моста было огромным делом. Translation: Building the bridge was a huge undertaking.
Is undertaking part of Skills and Career vocabulary?
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