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1. Very attractive; capturing interest
   "something inexpressibly taking in his manner";
   - fetching, winning

1. The act of someone who picks up or takes something
   "clothing could be had for the taking";
   - pickings

1. Carry out
   "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
    
2. Require (time or space)
   "It took three hours to get to work this morning";
   - occupy, use up
    
3. Accompany somebody somewhere to show them the way
   "can you take me to the main entrance?";
   - lead, direct, conduct, guide
    
4. Get into one's hands, grasp physically
   "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please";
   - get hold of
    
5. Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
   "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn";
   - assume, acquire, adopt, take on
    
6. Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
   "How should I take this message?";
   - read
    
7. Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
   "Take these letters to the boss";
   - bring, convey
    
8. Take into one's possession
   "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
    
9. 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"
    
10. Make a choice from a number of options on offer
    "Take any one of these cards";
    - choose, select, pick out
     
11. Receive willingly something given or offered
    "Please take my present";
    - accept, have
     
12. Assume, as of positions or roles
    "She took the job as director of development";
    - fill, occupy
     
13. Focus on as an example
    "Take the case of China";
    - consider, look at
     
14. Must previously have happened or existed, happen or be in place during (in order for stated thing to be happening or be the case)
    "It takes nerve to do what she did";
    - necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand
     
15. Experience, feel or submit to
    "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
     
16. Make a film or photograph of something
    "take a scene";
    - film, shoot
     
17. 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
     
18. Eat, esp. normally or regularly
    "I don't take sugar in my coffee";
    - consume, ingest, take in, have
     
19. Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
    "We took a pay cut";
    - submit
     
20. Make use of or accept for some purpose
    "take an opportunity"; "take a risk";
    - accept
     
21. Conquer by force
    "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
     
22. 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
     
23. Admit into a group or community
    "take students for graduate study"; "take on students for graduate study";
    - accept, admit, take on
     
24. Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
    "take a pulse"
     
25. Be a student of a certain subject
    - learn, study, read
     
26. Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
    "The hard work took its toll on her";
    - claim, exact
     
27. Head into a specified direction
    "The escaped convict took to the hills";
    - make
     
28. 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
     
29. Be seized or affected in a specified way
    "take sick"
     
30. Have with oneself; have on one's person
    "She always takes an umbrella";
    - carry, pack
     
31. 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
     
32. Receive or obtain regularly
    "We take the Times every day";
    - subscribe, subscribe to
     
33. Buy, select
    "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
     
34. To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
    "take shelter from the storm"
     
35. Lay claim to; as of an idea
    "She took credit for the whole idea";
    - claim
     
36. Be designed to hold or take
    "This surface will not take the dye";
    - accept
     
37. Be capable of holding or containing
    "This box won't take all the items";
    - contain, hold
     
38. Develop a habit
    "He took to visiting bars"
     
39. (driving) proceed along in a vehicle
    "We take the turnpike to work";
    - drive
     
40. Obtain by winning
    "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
     
41. Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    "She took a chill";
    - contract, get
     
42. [archaic] Have sex with
    - have [archaic]

Derived forms: takings

See also: attractive, bear away, dismember, gather in, tackle, take back, take in, take up, withdraw

Type of: acquire, act, action, affirm, apply, assert, aver, avow, be, be intimate, become, bed [informal], buy, carry, change, come down, construe, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, decide, determine, do it [informal], do work, employ, enter, expend, experience, feature, find, get, get across, get it on [informal], get over, go, have, have intercourse, have sex, head, incur, interpret, know [archaic], lie with [archaic], love, make love, make up one's mind, move, obtain, pass over, position, purchase, put down, receive, record, see, sicken, sleep together, sleep with, swear, think about, track, transport, traverse, undergo, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, verify, win, work

Antonym: disclaim, give, obviate

Encyclopedia: Taking