TAKEN ON Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

taken on

verb

past participle of take on

as in faced

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

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as in placed

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

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as in borrowed

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 taken on Lately, though, the push notifications alerting me to the recall du jour have taken on an unremitting, nagging tone. — Greg Mania, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026 Since her departure from the streamer in September 2020, Holland had taken on board and advisory roles before returning to the executive ranks as Global CEO of Elisabeth Murdoch and Jane Featherstone‘s Sister in 2023. — Peter White, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026 The group photos were taken on the beaches of the South Seas resort in Captiva, Florida, off the coast of Fort Myers. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 Antonova drew on an iPad, often from photos taken on her phone in different parts of the city. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 Among some of the buzziest projects she’s taken on since becoming a YouTube star is being the Oscars’ official Social Media Ambassador and Red Carpet Correspondent for two years in a row, and landing a spot on Time’s 100 creators list. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 This image taken on August 25, 2026 shows an Icelandic flag displayed along a street in central Reykjavik, Iceland, ahead of the country's upcoming referendum. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Trump has publicly stepped back from efforts to make diplomatic progress with Iran, facing deadlocked attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and intensifying questions about the toll an unpopular war has taken on the US military. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 This picture taken on July 8, 2009, shows prisoner Sunao Takami (right) with police in Osaka. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken on

Verb

The country singer also asked fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Rights, which helps children whose parents have faced deportations, during the opening night of her tour in Chicago back in August.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
The Cornell 7 lawsuit refers to the legal document filed by an unnamed Cornell University student who accused seven men of raping and drugging her at a frat house party in October 2024 — and faced no legal consequences.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of faced

Verb

Back then there were no refrigerators — there were iceboxes, and glasses were placed upside down inside them to cool before being filled with ice cream.

— Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
Health authorities in Kenya have placed the country's border points on high alert and are monitoring for possible additional cases.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of placed

Verb

Consider what can be borrowed, shared, revised, or delayed without losing the larger goal.

— Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 9 Oct. 2026
Law firm Quinn Emanuel’s March memo on data-center debt was making the rounds in recent days, laying out worst-case scenarios for the hundreds of billions of dollars being borrowed and spent to fund the AI buildout.

— Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of borrowed

Verb

Sheffield then met Tamboran’s CEO at the time, Alabama native Joel Riddle.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
The controversy has dominated WNBA press rooms so much that the league formed a task force of general managers and team presidents who met in August to discuss trans athletes, but ultimately did not update any eligibility rules.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of met

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The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Claire, who always longed to be involved in baseball, expressed interest in the job and was hired as a public relations assistant, remaining in the position until 1975, when he was promoted to vice president of public relations.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of hired

Verb

At one point in this episode, after his services have been engaged, David Schill gives Johnny an envelope full of cash.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Bajaria emphasizes that the focus is on developing regional and language-specific hits and to seed franchises that keep subscribers engaged.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of engaged

Verb

That has been the model employed by Strategy and numerous copycat DATs, which have counted on steadily rising asset prices to issue new shares that pay for their operating costs.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Stefani has contested that characterization, saying Mo was lawfully employed by the California Legislature.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2026