1. (verb)assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take 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"
2. (verb)assume, adopt, take on, take over take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities "When will the new President assume office?"
3. (verb)undertake, tackle, take on accept as a challenge "I'll tackle this difficult task"
4. (verb)accept, admit, take, take on 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"
5. (verb)meet, encounter, play, take on contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary"
1. (verb)take on to decide to do sth that takes a lot of effort, time, etc. Are you sure you want to take this project on?; a grandmother who has taken on the care of her grandchild
Definitions of take on 
Afrikaans: aanvaar
Arabic: يَتَعَهَّد، يأخُذ على نَف
Bulgarian: захващам се
Brazilian: aceitar
Czech: přijmout
German: annehmen
Danish: påtage sig
Greek: αναλαμβάνω
Spanish: aceptar
Estonian: vastu võtma, ette võtma
Farsi: به عهده گرفتن؛ تقبل کردن
Finnish: ottaa tehdäkseen
French: accepter, se charger de
Hebrew: לְהַסכִּים
Hindi: सहमत होना
Croatian: preuzeti, prihvatiti
Hungarian: (el)vállal
Indonesian: mengurus
Icelandic: taka að sér
Italian: accettare
Japanese: 引受ける
Korean: 떠맡다
Lithuanian: sutikti ką daryti, apsiim
Latvian: stāties darbā
Malay: bersetuju menerima
Dutch: aannemen
Norwegian: påta seg
Polish: podjąć się
Portuguese: aceitar
Romanian: a accepta; a lua asupra s
Russian: браться за
Slovak: prijať
Slovenian: prevzeti
Serbian: prihvatiti
Swedish: ta på sig
Thai: เข้าทำงาน
Turkish: üstlenmek, kabul etmek
Taiwanese: 承擔
Ukrainian: брати
Urdu: راضي ہونا، قبول کرنا
Vietnamese: đồng ý
Chinese: 承担
