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Farhana Qureishi
What does "take on" mean here? Please explain with examples.
◆ We use the word "Evangelical" just to talk about people who have very strong beliefs that they often try to persuade others to take on.
26 jan. 2023 20:41
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Evangelicals focus of spreading the news of Jesus and it is their goal to convert non-believers, or people of different religions, to Christianity.
They want you to ‘take on’ their beliefs.
In this context it means to accept their religion or to adopt their ways.
I think this isn’t a very common way to see ‘take on’ used (or at least I dont see it used that way much). More commonly you would see it like:
“Whats your take on The Kardashians”
If someone says “Whats your take on….” they are asking for your opinion, your ‘take’.
26 januari 2023
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Here “take on” means agree with or accept. Like a lot of phrasal verbs it has different meanings.
26 januari 2023
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To adopt these beliefs, meaning ‘evangelical’ want to convince others to believe as they do
Typically, an Evangelical or an Evangelist is a type of American Christian. I’ve never seen it used in any other context.
27 januari 2023
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GuideDogSaint’s answer is correct.
I don’t think ‘take on’ is the most natural here. Better would be ‘adopt’
Sentences where it has a similar meaning, similar to ‘accept’
I’ll take on the task of
He took on the role of cheerleader for the project.
Saying you ‘accept’ a belief is a little weak imo, but not exactly wrong. More common would be to say adopt/hold/share etc.
27 januari 2023
I will take on a big challenge in answering this question 😂
26 januari 2023
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Farhana Qureishi
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