Verb: take (took,taken) teyk
- Take into one's possession
"We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
- Get into one's hands, grasp physically
"Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please";
- get hold of
- Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
"Take these letters to the boss";
- bring, convey
- Make a choice from a number of options on offer
"Take any one of these cards";
- choose, select, pick out
- Receive willingly something given or offered
"Please take my present";
- accept, have
- Carry out
"take vengeance"; "take action"; "take steps"
- Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
"How should I take this message?";
- read
- Require (time or space)
"It took three hours to get to work this morning";
- occupy, use up
- Eat, esp. normally or regularly
"I don't take sugar in my coffee";
- consume, ingest, take in, have
- Make use of or accept for some purpose
"take an opportunity"; "take a risk";
- accept
- Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
"We took a pay cut";
- submit
- Experience, feel or submit to
"Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
- Accompany somebody somewhere to show them the way
"can you take me to the main entrance?";
- lead, direct, conduct, guide
- Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
"He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
- Begin to display or exhibit a particular quality or characteristic
"His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn";
- assume, acquire, adopt, take on
- Assume, as of positions or roles
"She took the job as director of development";
- fill, occupy
- Conquer by force
"Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
- Occupy or take on
"She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree";
- assume, strike, take up
- Admit into a group or community
"take students for graduate study"; "take on students for graduate study";
- accept, admit, take on
- Focus on as an example
"Take the case of China";
- consider, look at
- Make a film or photograph of something
"take a scene";
- film, shoot
- Move or change something to no longer be present or in its previous position; also used metaphorically
"take the gun from your pocket"; "take away a threat";
- remove, take away, withdraw
- Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
"take a pulse"
- Be a student of a certain subject
"She is taking French this semester";
- learn, study, read
- Make essential as a condition or prerequisite
"It takes nerve to do what she did";
- necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand
- Head into a specified direction
"The escaped convict took to the hills";
- make
- Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
"Take a swipe at one's opponent"; "Please don't take aim at your little brother!";
- aim, train, take aim, direct
- Be seized or affected in a specified way
"take sick"
- Have with oneself; have on one's person
"She always takes an umbrella";
- carry, pack
- Engage for service under a term of contract
"We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?";
- lease, rent, hire, charter, engage
- Receive or obtain regularly
"We take the Times every day";
- subscribe, subscribe to
- Buy, select
"I'll take a pound of that sausage"
- To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
"take shelter from the storm"
- Lay claim to; as of an idea
"She took credit for the whole idea";
- claim
- Be designed to hold or take
"This surface will not take the dye";
- accept
- Be capable of holding or containing
"This box won't take all the items";
- contain, hold
- Proceed along in a vehicle
"We take the turnpike to work";
- drive
- Obtain by winning
"He took first prize"; "Winner takes all"
- Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"She took a chill";
- contract, get
- Develop a habit; apply oneself to a practice or occupation
"She took to drink"; "Men take to the military trades"; "He took to visiting bars";
- take to
- Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
"The hard work took its toll on her";
- claim, exact
- [archaic] Have sex with
- have [archaic]
- The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
"the average take was about 5%";
- return, issue, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff
- The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
"The director called for another take as the actor had forgotten his lines"
- [informal] A specific impression or understanding
"What's your take on this situation?"
Derived forms: taking, took, taken, takes
See also: take in, take off, take out, take up
Type of: accommodate, acquire, act, affirm, apply, assert, aver, avow, be intimate, bear on, become, bed [informal], buy, carry, change, cinematography, come down, concern, construe, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, decide, determine, develop, do it [informal], employ, enter, evolve, experience, feature, filming, find, fit, get, get across, get it on [informal], get over, go, have, have got, have intercourse, have sex, have to do with, head, hold, income, interpret, know [archaic], lie with [archaic], love, make love, make up one's mind, motion-picture photography, move, obtain, pass over, pertain, position, purchase, put down, receive, record, refer, relate, see, sicken, sleep together, sleep with, suit, swear, think about, touch, touch on, track, transport, traverse, undergo, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, verify, win, work
Antonym: give
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