Definition of Take on

1. Verb. Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect. "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"

Exact synonyms: Acquire, Adopt, Assume, Take
Generic synonyms: Change
Specialized synonyms: Re-assume

2. Verb. Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities. "When will the new President assume office?"
Exact synonyms: Adopt, Assume, Take Over
Specialized synonyms: Resume
Generic synonyms: Take Office
Derivative terms: Assumption

3. Verb. Accept as a challenge. "I'll tackle this difficult task"
Exact synonyms: Tackle, Undertake
Generic synonyms: Confront, Face, Face Up
Specialized synonyms: Rise

4. Verb. Admit into a group or community. "Sam cannot take on Sue "; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
Exact synonyms: Accept, Admit, Take
Specialized synonyms: Profess
Generic synonyms: Accept, Have, Take
Related verbs: Admit, Include, Let In

5. Verb. Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. "Sam cannot take on Sue "; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
Exact synonyms: Encounter, Meet, Play
Entails: Compete, Contend, Vie
Related verbs: Play, Play, Play, Play
Specialized synonyms: Confront, Face, Replay
Derivative terms: Encounter, Meet, Play, Playing

Definition of Take on

1. Verb. To acquire, bring in, or introduce. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To begin to have or exhibit. ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic) To assume responsibility for. ¹

4. Verb. (idiomatic) To attempt to fight or compete. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive colloquial) To catch on, do well; to become popular. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take On

take leave of one's senses
take life as it comes
take lightly
take lying down
take matters into one's own hands
take no for an answer
take no notice of
take note
take notes
take notice
take off
take offence
take offense
take office
take on
take on board
take on faith
take one's ball and go home
take one's best shot
take one's breath away
take one's chance
take one's chances
take one's eye off the ball
take one's hat off to
take one's leave
take one's lumps
take one's own life
take one's pick
take one's time

Literary usage of Take on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Then on applying the substitutions of G to <j> it will take on r distinct values, O&n+aiX"—'+ . . . +0n = 0, (1) *, fr,. . . fr—i, (8) which are called ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"... the island at the mouth of the river already referred to, where he and his party companies of soldiers, with instructions to take on board the chief and ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... If we set the first of these integrals equal to w and let x take on complex values g, then the inverse function г defined by = \ • . ..."

4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"take on BOARD. The term "take on board," In Rev. ... If the master of any vessel at a foreign port shall take on board any greater number of passengers, ..."

5. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1836)
"take, on account of their government, the debt, and obligations, &c. contracted by the factory from 1809 to this year inclusive, to be paid out of the ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"Then on applying the substitutions of G to <j> it will take on r distinct values, O&n+aiX"—'+ . . . +0n = 0, (1) *, fr,. . . fr—i, (8) which are called ..."

7. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"... the island at the mouth of the river already referred to, where he and his party companies of soldiers, with instructions to take on board the chief and ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... If we set the first of these integrals equal to w and let x take on complex values g, then the inverse function г defined by = \ • . ..."

9. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"take on BOARD. The term "take on board," In Rev. ... If the master of any vessel at a foreign port shall take on board any greater number of passengers, ..."

10. Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, George Walter Prothero, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle (1836)
"take, on account of their government, the debt, and obligations, &c. contracted by the factory from 1809 to this year inclusive, to be paid out of the ..."

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