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| Main Entry: | undertaking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | endeavor, attempt |
| Synonyms: | adventure, affair, business, deal, effort, engagement, enterprise, essay, experiment, game, happening, hassle, hazard, job, move, operation, outfit, play, project, proposition, pursuit, shop, striving, struggle, task, thing*, trial, try, venture, work, what one is into |
| Antonyms: | abstention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undertake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt, engage in |
| Synonyms: | agree, answer for, bargain, begin, commence, commit, contract, covenant, devote, embark, endeavor, enter upon, go about, go for, go into, guarantee, hazard, initiate, launch, move, offer, pitch in, pledge, promise, shoulder, stake, stipulate, tackle, take on, try, venture, volunteer, address oneself, commit oneself, fall into, go in for, have a hand in, have a try, make a run at, set about, set in motion, set out, take the plunge, take upon oneself, try out |
| Antonyms: | abstain, forego, forget |
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge into; volunteer; apprentice oneself to; engage (promise) [more]; contract [more]; take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders; devote oneself to (determination) [more]., 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 [more]; broach, institute (originate) [more]; put one's hand to the plow, lay one's hand to the plow, put one's shoulder to the wheel., have in hand (business) [more]; have many irons in the fire (activity) [more].
-adjectives
undertaking; on the anvil [more].
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| Main Entry: | adventure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | risky or unexpected undertaking |
| Synonyms: | chance, contingency, enterprise, experience, exploit, feat, happening, hazard, incident, jeopardy, occurrence, peril, scene, speculation, trip, undertaking, venture, emprise, endangerment |
| Antonyms: | avoidance, inaction, inertia, passiveness, stillness, inactivity, latency |
| Main Entry: | attempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, effort |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run*, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick*, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout |
| Antonyms: | certainty, laziness, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | commitment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assurance; obligation |
| Synonyms: | charge, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, must, need, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word, committal, devoir, ought |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, broken promise |
| Main Entry: | effort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | work, exertion |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, act, aim, application, aspiration, attempt, battle, crack*, creation, deed, discipline, drill, elbow grease*, endeavor, energy, enterprise, essay, exercise, feat, fling*, force, go*, industry, intention, job, labor, old college try*, power, product, production, pull, purpose, push, resolution, shot*, spurt, stab*, strain, stress, stretch, strife, striving, struggle, sweat, tension, toil, training, travail, trial, trouble, try, tug*, undertaking, venture, whack*, pains |
| Antonyms: | hesitation, idleness, laziness, inactivity, passivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endeavor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt to achieve something |
| Synonyms: | aim, all*, best shot*, crash project, dry run*, effort, enterprise, essay, exertion, fling, full blast*, full court press, full steam, go, header, labor, lick*, old college try*, one's all, one's level best, push, shot*, stab*, striving, struggle, toil, travail, trial, try, try-on, undertaking, venture, whack*, whirl*, work |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | idleness, laziness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation, test |
| Synonyms: | agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run*, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, fling*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error*, trial run*, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification, R and D, experimentation, research and development, try-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guarantee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge, promise |
| Synonyms: | agreement, assurance, bail, bargain, bond, certainty, certificate, charter, collateral, contract, covenant, deposit, earnest, guaranty, insurance, lock, oath, pawn, pipe, security, sure thing*, surety, testament, token, undertaking, vow, warrant, warranty, word, word of honor, attestation, certification, gage, recognizance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's task, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | aim, assignment, business, calling, charge, commission, duty, end, errand, goal, job, lifework, object, objective, office, operation, profession, purpose, pursuit, quest, sortie, trade, trust, undertaking, vocation, work |
| Main Entry: | resolve |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, determination |
| Synonyms: | boldness, conclusion, courage, design, earnestness, firmness, intention, objective, project, purpose, resolution, undertaking, will, willpower, decidedness, fixed purpose, purposefulness, purposiveness, resoluteness, steadfastness |
| Antonyms: | indecision, question, wavering |
| Main Entry: | struggle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard try; fight to win |
| Synonyms: | attempt, battle, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, effort, encounter, endeavor, essay, exertion, free-for-all*, grind, hassle, jam, jump, labor, long haul*, roughhouse, row, scramble, skirmish, strife, striving, toil, trial, tussle, undertaking, work, wrangle, pains, set-to* |
| Antonyms: | giving in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | task |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job or chore, often assigned |
| Synonyms: | assignment, bother, burden, business, calling, charge, daily grind, duty, effort, employment, enterprise, errand, exercise, function, gig*, grind*, headache*, labor, load, millstone*, mission, nuisance, occupation, office, onus, pain, project, province, responsibility, stint, strain, tax, toil, trouble, undertaking, vocation, work, deadweight, fun and games, grindstone, long row to hoe |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun, pastime |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attempt |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, best shot*, bid, crack*, dab, effort, endeavor, essay, fling*, go*, jab*, pop*, shot*, slap*, stab*, striving, struggle, trial, undertaking, whack*, whirl* |
| Antonyms: | abstention |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tussle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | struggle |
| Synonyms: | battle, brawl, brush, clash, combat, conflict, contest, donnybrook, encounter, fight, fray, free-for-all*, grind, hassle, jam, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scramble, scrap*, scuffle, skirmish, strife, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | venture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gamble, attempt |
| Synonyms: | adventure, baby*, chance, deal, endeavor, enterprise, essay, experiment, exploit, feat*, hazard, investment, jeopardy, peril, project, proposition, pursuit, risk, setup, shot*, speculation, stab*, stake, test, thing*, trial, undertaking, wager, header, pet project, spec |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | life's work |
| Synonyms: | art, business, calling, career, craft, do*, dodge*, duty, employment, field, game, handicraft, job, lifework, line*, métier, mission, occupation, office, post, profession, pursuit, racket*, role, thing*, trade, undertaking, line of business, nine-to-five |
| Antonyms: | entertainment, fun, pastime |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acceptance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | agreement, taking |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, admission, approval, assent, compliance, consent, cooperation, getting, go-ahead*, green light*, nod*, okay, permission, receipt, receiving, reception, recognition, securing, undertaking, yes, accepting, acquiring, gaining, obtaining, taking on |
| Antonyms: | disagreement, dissent, refusal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, action, deed, doing, execution, exploit, feat, move, operation, performance, step, thing, undertaking |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inertia, quiet, quiet, repose, rest, stoppage, suspension, inactivity |
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