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• “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“

Synonyms

• assume take to be the case or to be true; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on as one’s own the expenses or debts of another person; occupy or take on; seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; make a pretence of; take up someone’s soul into heaven; put clothing on one’s body
• acquire come into the possession of something concrete or abstract; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar ; win something through one’s efforts; gain knowledge or skills; gain through experience
• adopt choose and follow; take up and practice as one’s own ; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take into one’s family; put into dramatic form; take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one’s own
• take on take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; accept as a challenge; admit into a group or community; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
• take the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption ; carry out; require (time or space); take somebody somewhere; get into one’s hands, take physically; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; interpret something in a certain way; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; take into one’s possession; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; receive willingly something given or offered; assume, as of positions or roles; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; require as useful, just, or proper; experience or feel or submit to; make a film or photograph of something; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; make use of or accept for some purpose; take by force; occupy or take on; admit into a group or community; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be a student of a certain subject; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; head into a specified direction; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; be seized or affected in a specified way; have with oneself; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain regularly; buy, select; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; have sex with; lay claim to; be designed to hold or take; be capable of holding or containing; develop a habit; proceed along in a vehicle; obtain by winning; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• “When will the new President assume office?“

Synonyms

• assume take to be the case or to be true; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on as one’s own the expenses or debts of another person; occupy or take on; seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; make a pretence of; take up someone’s soul into heaven; put clothing on one’s body
• adopt choose and follow; take up and practice as one’s own ; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take into one’s family; put into dramatic form; take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one’s own
• take on take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; accept as a challenge; admit into a group or community; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
• take over seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; free someone temporarily from his or her obligations ; take on as one’s own the expenses or debts of another person; take over ownership of; do over; take up and practice as one’s own ; take up, as of debts or payments

• “I’ll tackle this difficult task“

Synonyms

• undertake enter upon an activity or enterprise ; accept as a challenge; promise to do or accomplish; enter into a contractual arrangement ; accept as a charge
• tackle accept as a challenge; put a harness; seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball ; the person who plays that position on a football team; gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship’s masts and sails ; gear used in fishing ; (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground
• take on take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; accept as a challenge; admit into a group or community; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• “accept students for graduate study“
• “We’ll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member“

Synonyms

• accept consider or hold as true; receive willingly something given or offered; give an affirmative reply to; react favorably to; admit into a group or community; take on as one’s own the expenses or debts of another person; tolerate or accommodate oneself to; be designed to hold or take; receive (a report) officially, as from a committee ; make use of or accept for some purpose; be sexually responsive to, used of a female domesticated mammal
• admit declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; allow to enter; allow participation in or the right to be part of; admit into a group or community; afford possibility; give access or entrance to; have room for; serve as a means of entrance
• take the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption ; carry out; require (time or space); take somebody somewhere; get into one’s hands, take physically; take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; interpret something in a certain way; take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; take into one’s possession; travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route; pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; receive willingly something given or offered; assume, as of positions or roles; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; require as useful, just, or proper; experience or feel or submit to; make a film or photograph of something; remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; accept or undergo, often unwillingly; make use of or accept for some purpose; take by force; occupy or take on; admit into a group or community; ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial; be a student of a certain subject; take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; head into a specified direction; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; be seized or affected in a specified way; have with oneself; engage for service under a term of contract; receive or obtain regularly; buy, select; to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; have sex with; lay claim to; be designed to hold or take; be capable of holding or containing; develop a habit; proceed along in a vehicle; obtain by winning; be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• take on take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; accept as a challenge; admit into a group or community; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• “Princeton plays Yale this weekend“
• “Charlie likes to play Mary“

Synonyms

• meet being precisely fitting and right; a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held ; come together; get together socially or for a specific purpose ; be adjacent or come together; fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction; collect in one place; get to know; meet by design; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; experience as a reaction; undergo or suffer; be in direct physical contact with
• encounter a minor short-term fight ; a casual or unexpected convergence; a casual meeting with a person or thing ; a hostile disagreement face-to-face ; come together; come upon, as if by accident; be beset by; experience as a reaction; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
• play a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; a theatrical performance of a drama; a preset plan of action in team sports; a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill; a state in which action is feasible; utilization or exercise; an attempt to get something; activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules; (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds; the removal of constraints; a weak and tremulous light; verbal wit or mockery (often at another’s expense but not to be taken seriously); movement or space for movement; gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement; (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession; the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully ; participate in games or sport; act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome; play on an instrument; play a role or part; be at play; replay (as a melody); perform music on (a musical instrument); pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind; move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly; bet or wager (money); engage in recreational activities rather than work; pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity; emit recorded sound; perform on a certain location; put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game; engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; behave in a certain way; cause to emit recorded audio or video; manipulate manually or in one’s mind or imagination; use to one’s advantage; consider not very seriously; be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way; behave carelessly or indifferently; cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space; perform on a stage or theater; be performed or presented for public viewing; cause to happen or to occur as a consequence; discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream; make bets; stake on the outcome of an issue; shoot or hit in a particular manner; use or move; employ in a game or in a specific position; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
• take on take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities; accept as a challenge; admit into a group or community; contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle