Lexic.us

Definition of Take on

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

2. Verb. Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities. "When will the new President assume office?"

3. Verb. Accept as a challenge. "I'll tackle this difficult task"

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"

5. Verb. Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle. "Sam cannot take on Sue "; "Charlie likes to play Mary"

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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