Analysis Complete

take on

/ take on /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
"When will the new President assume office?"
Type of:
take office
Kinds of:
resume
Derived:
assumption laying claim
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
accept as a challenge
"I''ll tackle this difficult task"
Type of:
confront face up face
Kinds of:
rise
Derived:
braving confronting coping with grappling tackling
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 3
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
"His voice took on a sad tone"
"The story took a new turn"
"he adopted an air of superiority"
"She assumed strange manners"
"The gods assume human or animal form in these fables"
Type of:
change
Kinds of:
re-assume
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
"Princeton plays Yale this weekend"
"Charlie likes to play Mary"
Kinds of:
confront face replay
Derived:
playing period period of play play playing brush
Verb group:
play
Entails:
compete vie contend
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
admit into a group or community
"accept students for graduate study"
"We''ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member"
Type of:
accept take have
Kinds of:
profess
Verb group:
admit let in include
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s on something
Semantic Complexity
53%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
34
Times Searched
3
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take office resume confront face up face rise change re-assume replay accept take have