TAKE ON Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

take on

verb

Definition of take on

as in to meet

to enter into contest or conflict with will take on his chief opponent in the next political debate

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as in to employ

to provide with a paying job decided to take her on as store manager

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as in to borrow

to take for one's own use (something originated by another) recently arrived immigrants who are eager to take on the language and culture of their adopted homeland

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Recent Examples of take on England will play indoors in Atlanta on Wednesday, before potentially taking on Mexico in Mexico City. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 June 2026 The answer, to be reductive, is that Splatoon Raiders is Nintendo's take on a looter-shooter, a Splatoon version of Borderlands or Destiny. — Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026 Castro again works with cinematographer Barton Cortright to craft lush images that certainly evoke the illusion of celluloid, lending the movie a nostalgic, charmingly retro take on sexuality and an idyllic view of open-air cruising. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 June 2026 The fraught subject of the proper disposition of those human remains has taken on a new sensitivity — both for the prehistoric people’s Native American successors in Florida, and for the archaeologists and developers encountering them. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for take on

Recent Examples of Synonyms for take on

Verb

The pair met in English class on the first day of their freshman year.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 4 July 2026
The platform is scalable and can be deployed to meet the power demands of AI data centers and even support the grid.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026

Definition of meet

Verb

Krystal McFeders, a Unified Government spokesperson, confirmed Friday night that Chism is employed by the government.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026
Should economic growth threaten one of those aspects, the FOMC is employed to move in order to deliver its objectives.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Definition of employ

Verb

High bond yields make borrowing more expensive for average Americans, since 10-year Treasury rates influence the rates offered for a variety of loans, including mortgages.

— Max Zahn, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Other platforms like TikTok and Instagram similarly borrow the wrong lessons from the scandal, Cambridge Analytica said.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026

Definition of borrow

Verb

But the court also said the people facing deportation must pursue their cases individually where they are being held, under what are called habeas petitions, rather than collectively, under what is called a class action.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
The University of California Health system and Cigna, facing a July 1 deadline to reach a new contract covering a large group of Sacramento-area patients, have agreed to an extension to allow more time for negotiations.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of face

Verb

Participants in the civil proceedings can hire private stenographers to maintain a record of what’s said, but their services can run thousands of dollars a day.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Under basic labor law, MLB could hire temporary workers during a lockout, but that is not going to happen.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of hire

Verb

The agency also adopted additional security measures, such as surrounding the president with bullet-resistant glass at outdoor events.

— Bart Jansen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Traditional studios might adopt Chinese models for some preproduction tasks such as concepting, but the geopolitical and intellectual property risks for commercial generations are too prohibitive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of adopt

Verb

Each has plays — like a slow-roller up the third base line that requires a quick throw across the diamond — that no other position will encounter.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
The first time former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice encountered Kevin Warsh was in the 1980s.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Definition of encounter

Verb

At that point, college programs weren’t lining up to recruit a 187-pound pass rusher who hadn’t played a down of high school football.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 July 2026
There is a warning in all of this for the companies working hardest to recruit and retain young Black talent.

— Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026