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take on

English

  1. 🔊 take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
    “When will the new President assume office?”
  2. 🔊 accept as a challenge
    “I'll tackle this difficult task”
  3. 🔊 take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
    “His voice took on a sad tone”
  4. 🔊 contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
    “Princeton plays Yale this weekend”
  5. 🔊 admit into a group or community
    “accept students for graduate study”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 enfrentar to take on, to face off, to face off against, to fight, to engage, to clash (e.g. take on somebody in a challenge) (+ a)

Similar words

assume acquire adopt take meet encounter play accept admit take assume adopt take over undertake tackle accept ache acquire add admit adopt agonize air a grievance annex