TAKE ON


Meaning of TAKE ON in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]

Date: 15th century

transitive verb

1.

a. : to begin to perform or deal with : undertake

took on new responsibilities

b. : to contend with as an opponent

took on the neighborhood bully

2. : engage , hire

3.

a. : to assume or acquire as or as if one's own

the city's plaza takes on a carnival air — W. T. LeViness

b. : to have as a mathematical domain or range

what values does the function take on

intransitive verb

: to show one's feelings especially of grief or anger in a demonstrative way

she cried, and took on like a distracted body — Daniel Defoe

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.