Undertake a project vs carry out a project

Both 'undertake a project' and 'carry out a project' are correct phrases that can be used interchangeably. They both mean to start and complete a project. The choice between them depends on personal preference or the specific context in which they are used.

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Undertake a project

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means to start or commit to a project. It implies taking on the responsibility for the project.

Examples:

The company decided to undertake a new project to expand its market reach.
She is excited to undertake the project and see it through to completion.

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Only the federal government could undertake a project of this scale.
The Project authority is the senior management Board which approves the process of accepting a recommendation to accept a project proposal, which appoints a Project Board and empowers it to undertake a project and deliver a completed system.
encourage breeders to undertake a project to establish or develop a fattening house for cattle within a low-risk framework,
Paolo Pininfarina, Chairman of Pininfarina Group I am very proud that Pininfarina have chosen De Rosa as their partner to undertake a project whose strengths are extremely high quality and elegance.
But fear not, I'm going to undertake a project to make this area safe, to rehabilitate it into city use.

Alternatives:

embark on a project
start a project
begin a project
commence a project
launch a project

carry out a project

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase means to execute or complete a project. It emphasizes the action of seeing the project through to the end.

Examples:

The team will carry out the project according to the agreed timeline.
It is important to plan carefully in order to successfully carry out a project.

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It all started in 2006, when the Foksal Gallery invited me to spend two weeks in Warsaw to carry out a project on the city.
And now could carry out a project that had been simmering for years and felt almost as a duty: writing this book.
I wanted to carry out a project that would be democratic and all-inclusive, avoiding relegating the representation of the city to the usual stereotypes.
The Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York had invited five architects to visit craftsmen in India, to carry out a project focused on their manual skill, as a heritage to be handed down.
Speaking of Paris, in 2011 there was a lot of talk about the use you made of Google Street View to carry out a project that earned you an honorable mention in the World Press Photo competition.
Thanks to the intervention of the Sisters was brought to the attention of local institutions need to carry out a project to facilitate access to safe drinking water for both civil and agriculture.
One problem facing the local communities which are proposing to carry out a project involving the renovation of residential heating systems is the complex procedure which they need to follow.
In October we will carry out a project developed in cooperation with the National Vocations Office.
Resources are what is required to carry out a project's tasks.
Moreover, I would point out that, every year, we carry out a project of Internet and multimedia dissemination during a week of what are known as 'net days'.
In 1993 Nun Gertrude was moved to Argentina and the "superlative" Nun Grazia Cerri arrived from Perù. She took over the reins of the mission and began to plan and carry out a project by teaching a profession to bigger orphans.
Milan like the Silicon Valley: young talents, networking possibilities, services, industries, culture and financial backers make Milan the ideal city where to believe and carry out a project.
whether it intends to carry out a project in Campania to remove, or at least reduce, the barriers to entering an employment market that is increasingly lacking in opportunities?
Carry out a project which holds you with heart (various work, vehicle, swimming pool, improvement of the habitat, restoration, etc), this new credit which can be built-in in the new loan
The municipal authorities would currently like to carry out a project to redevelop and renovate the ancient roads and to upgrade services such as the aqueduct and the sewerage and public lighting systems in the historic centre.
As described below, each course lasts a week - just the right length of time for a child to carry out a project and benefit from the intensive course opportunity.Upon prioragreement with The Language Center it is possible to arrange a pre-paid extension of two weeks.
In Kazakhstan, the TACIS Program is to carry out a project in two steps to remedy the nuclear waste problems of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site, resulting from more than 460 nuclear weapons tests that took place during the period 1949-1989.

Alternatives:

complete a project
execute a project
finish a project
accomplish a project
fulfill a project

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