Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To take on; undertake; assume.

  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To undertake a debt.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. At least 31 people were killed when Mt. Ontake erupted.

    deBeim Ausbruch des Ontake kamen mindestens 31 Menschen ums Leben.

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  2. Mount Ontake erupted in Japan.

    deIn Japan ist der Ontake ausgebrochen.

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Origin

From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to re

From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”).

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Forms

ontakes, ontaking, ontook, ontaken
Base formontake · to ontake
3rd person singularontakes
Present participleontaking
Past simpleontook
Past participleontaken

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyontake
he, she, itontakes

Past simpleLesson

all personsontook

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave ontaken
he, she, ithas ontaken

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill ontake

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
onshoreonslaughtonstageB1ontoB1ontologyonus
ontake — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto