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Meaning of "take on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE ON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAKE ON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Take on is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TAKE ON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of take on in the English dictionary

The first definition of take on in the dictionary is to employ or hire. Other definition of take on is to assume or acquire. Take on is also to agree to do; undertake.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE ON

take liberties
take no notice of
take no prisoners
take note
take notice
take occasion
take odds
take off
take off one´s hat to
take offence
take on board
take one´s breath away
take one´s courage in both hands
take one´s hour
take one´s medicine
take one´s place
take one´s time
take out
take out on
take over

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE ON

be pie on
chance on
come on
figure on
get a line on
get a move on
get a wiggle on
go a bundle on
have on
have the edge on
move on
put someone on
time on
trade on

Synonyms and antonyms of take on in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TAKE ON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «take on» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of take on

Translation of «take on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE ON

Find out the translation of take on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take on from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

承担
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

asumir
570 millions of speakers

English

take on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर ले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تأخذ على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взять на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

assumir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

accepter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mengambil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nehmen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

引き受ける
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 걸릴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhận
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடுத்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assumere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wziąć na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

взяти на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναλάβει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta på seg
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE ON»

The term «take on» is very widely used and occupies the 7.786 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE ON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «take on» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «take on» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about take on

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10 QUOTES WITH «TAKE ON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take on.
1
Michael Angarano
As you get older, you kind of take on things and become kind of different than what you used to be as a kid, obviously.
2
Julian Assange
It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.
3
Harrison Birtwistle
One thing I've tried to do in writing music is take on very basic things, very archetypal things.
4
Deborah Cox
I never take on anything that is just for the money or just for, you know. I always have to connect with it in a very personal way because I believe the audience will sense whether I'm into it or not, so I don't take on projects that I'm not really passionate about.
5
Rebecca Harding Davis
Sitting by the chimney corner as we grow old, the commonest things around us take on live meanings and hint at the difference between these driving times and the calm, slow moving days when we were young.
6
Charles Fillmore
All causes are essentially mental, and whosoever comes into daily contact with a high order of thinking must take on some of it.
7
Patrick Fischler
I've always been interested in the gangster genre, so to play Mickey Cohen was a real thrill. It's always fun to do your take on someone so iconic.
8
Michelle Forbes
In this age of vampires, what I love about 'True Blood' the most is that it's a post-modern take on it. 'Sookie Stackhouse' series author Charlaine Harris and 'True Blood' creator Alan Ball turned that whole mythology upside-down... It's not just about vampires. It's about a lot of different things.
9
Helene D. Gayle
In order to counteract income inequality, it's essential to tackle poverty in an integrated way that has long-term impact. We need to give people the capacity to be resilient, to take on challenges and to learn the skills they need to work toward more prosperous futures.
10
Rose George
Ships are obliged to take on harbor or river pilots - who provide specialized local navigation - when they approach a port, but in the canal, a Suez crew is also obligatory. The crew members are there in case the ship needs to be moored during the canal transit, but this rarely happens.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE ON»

Discover the use of take on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Take on the Street: What Wall St. and Corporate America ...
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Arthur Levitt, 2002
2
Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making
(Applause Books). A master actor who's appeared in an enormous number of films, starring with everyone from Nicholson to Kermit the Frog, Michael Caine is uniquely qualified to provide his view of making movies.
Michael Caine, 2000
3
Living on the Edge of the World: New Jersey Writers Take On ...
Mobsters. Big hair. The smelly Turnpike. The poor cousin of its glittering neighbor Manhattan. Could that really be all there is to New Jersey?
Irina Reyn, 2007
4
Take On Me (Mills & Boon Blaze) (Secret Lives of Daytime ...
Making up for lost time!
Sarah Mayberry, 2009
5
The End of Anger: A New Generation's Take on Race and Rage
In short, The End of Anger is not just about blacks but about America—its past and its hoped-for future—and may well be the most important book dealing with race to be published in recent decades.
Ellis Cose, 2011
6
The Aha! Moment: A Scientist's Take on Creativity
This book is about having ideas and—a much longer haul—making them work.
David Jones, 2012
7
A Take on British TV Drama: Stories from the Golden Years
This is a behind-the-scenes account of several quality programs for the British television.
Christopher Neame, 2004
8
A Counterfeit Gringo's Take on Third World Poverty and ...
" This dual heritage, with its intimate experiencing of both American and Third World lifestyles, is what makes his comments on the current cultural clash between the Western and non-Western worlds, as outlined in these three brief works, ...
Marc Rangel, 2003
9
Politicotainment: Television's Take on the Real
Textbook
Kristina Riegert, 2007
10
Santa's Take on Parenting: Secrets from the North Pole
In this fictional account, Santa commissioned author and lecturer Roland Trujillo to publish this book after granting an interview with him at the North Pole. What are "time outs Santa Style?
Roland Trujillo, 2010

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE ON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term take on is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates's 'Visceral' Take on Being Black in America
“Between the World and Me” gives no quarter to those who seek uplift, or who hold an interpretation of American history that doesn't take domination of black ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
Monetary Watch October 2010, Banks printing money again, QE II in …
Michael Pollaro. An Austrian economist's take on the financial markets & economy ... Money Supply Metrics, the Austrian Economists' Take. As we discussed ... «Forbes, Oct 10»

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