ontake
verb, noun
ontake is a verb meaning “To take on; undertake; assume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-N-T-A-K-E, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does ontake mean?
verb
- 1
To take on; undertake; assume.
- 2
UKTo undertake a debt.
noun
- 1
A taking on; that which is taken on; acquisition.
In very faulted seam zones unduly high power ontakes of the plough drives showed that the set values were already too high.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ontake
- ontakes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- ontaking participle, present
- ontook past
- ontaken participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ontake?
Ontake appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does ontake come from?
From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).