take
/teik/
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Definition
Verb:
- To get into one's possession or control: To acquire or receive something.
- To remove something from a place: To carry or move something away.
- To accept or receive something offered: To willingly receive something.
- To require or need: To be necessary for a particular purpose or result.
- To capture or seize: To gain control of something by force.
- To travel by or use a means of transport: To use a particular route or vehicle.
- To consume or ingest: To eat, drink, or use medicine.
- To undertake or perform an action: To do or carry out a specific activity.
- To interpret or understand in a particular way: To perceive meaning from something.
- To be affected by something: To experience a condition or feeling.
Noun:
- A single continuous recorded performance: A scene filmed or recorded without stopping.
- The amount of money received: The profit or income from a business activity.
Examples
Verb:
- Please take a seat. (To move into a position.)
- I will take the bus to work. (To use a means of transport.)
- She did not take the news well. (To react to or be affected by something.)
- It takes courage to speak the truth. (To require something.)
- He took the book from the shelf. (To remove something from a place.)
Noun:
- The director was happy with the first take. (A filmed scene.)
- The store's take increased during the holidays. (Income received.)
Advanced Usage
"take it for granted": To assume something is true without questioning it.
- We often take our health for granted until we lose it.
"take into account": To consider something when making a decision.
- The judge will take the defendant's age into account.
"take place": To happen or occur.
- The meeting will take place tomorrow.
Variants and Related Words
Intake (n): The amount of something (e.g., food, air) taken in.
- You should reduce your sugar intake.
Overtake (v): To catch up with and pass.
- The car tried to overtake the truck.
Undertake (v): To commit oneself to and begin a task.
- She will undertake the project management.
Synonyms
- Acquire: To get or obtain.
- Remove: To take away.
- Accept: To receive willingly.
- Require: To need.
- Capture: To take by force.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Take after: To resemble a family member.
- She takes after her mother in looks.
Take off: To leave the ground (for aircraft); to become successful; to remove clothing.
- The plane will take off soon. / His career really took off.
Take on: To accept a challenge or responsibility.
- He decided to take on more work.
Take over: To assume control.
- The new manager will take over next week.
Take up: To begin a hobby or activity; to occupy space or time.
- She took up painting last year.
Related Idioms
Take the bull by the horns: To face a difficult situation directly.
- He decided to take the bull by the horns and confront the problem.
Take a rain check: To postpone an invitation.
- I'm busy tonight, can I take a rain check?
Take it easy: To relax or proceed calmly.
- You've been working hard, you should take it easy.
Verb
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- He got AIDS
- She came down with pneumonia
- She took a chill
- obtain by winning
- Winner takes all
- He took first prize
- proceed along in a vehicle
- We drive the turnpike to work
- develop a habit
- He took to visiting bars
- be capable of holding or containing
- This box won't take all the items
- The flask holds one gallon
- be designed to hold or take
- This surface will not take the dye
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- She took credit for the whole idea
- have sex with; archaic use
- He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- take shelter from the storm
- buy, select
- I'll take a pound of that sausage
- receive or obtain regularly
- We take the Times every day
- engage for service under a term of contract
- We took an apartment on a quiet street
- Let's rent a car
- Shall we take a guide in Rome?
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- She always takes an umbrella
- I always carry money
- She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- take sick
- be taken drunk
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- Please don't aim at your little brother!
- He trained his gun on the burglar
- Don't train your camera on the women
- Take a swipe at one's opponent
- head into a specified direction
- The escaped convict took to the hills
- We made for the mountains
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- the accident claimed three lives
- The hard work took its toll on her
- be a student of a certain subject
- She is reading for the bar exam
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- take a pulse
- A reading was taken of the earth's tremors
- admit into a group or community
- accept students for graduate study
- We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
- occupy or take on
- He assumes the lotus position
- She took her seat on the stage
- We took our seats in the orchestra
- She took up her position behind the tree
- strike a pose
- take by force
- Hitler took the Baltic Republics
- The army took the fort on the hill
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- take a risk
- take an opportunity
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- We took a pay cut
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- Have another bowl of chicken soup!
- I don't take sugar in my coffee
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- remove a threat
- remove a wrapper
- Remove the dirty dishes from the table
- take the gun from your pocket
- This machine withdraws heat from the environment
- make a film or photograph of something
- take a scene
- shoot a movie
- experience or feel or submit to
- Take a test
- Take the plunge
- require as useful, just, or proper
- It takes nerve to do what she did
- success usually requires hard work
- This job asks a lot of patience and skill
- This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
- This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
- This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- Take the case of China
- Consider the following case
- assume, as of positions or roles
- She took the job as director of development
- he occupies the position of manager
- the young prince will soon occupy the throne
- receive willingly something given or offered
- The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter
- I won't have this dog in my house!
- Please accept my present
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- Take any one of these cards
- Choose a good husband for your daughter
- She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
- 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
- take into one's possession
- We are taking an orphan from Romania
- I'll take three salmon steaks
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- Bring me the box from the other room
- Take these letters to the boss
- This brings me to the main point
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- I read this address as a satire
- How should I take this message?
- You can't take credit for this!
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- His voice took on a sad tone
- The story took a new turn
- he adopted an air of superiority
- She assumed strange manners
- The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
- get into one's hands, take physically
- Take a cookie!
- Can you take this bag, please
- take somebody somewhere
- We lead him to our chief
- can you take me to the main entrance?
- He conducted us to the palace
- require (time or space)
- It took three hours to get to work this morning
- This event occupied a very short time
- carry out
- take action
- take steps
- take vengeance
Noun
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the average return was about 5%