take
noun
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Similar word(s): issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield
Definition categories: possession, income
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
Definition categories: act, cinematography, filming
Sentences with take as a noun:
- He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
- The mayor is on the take.
- What’s your take on this issue, Fred?
- a new take on a traditional dish
- It’s a take.
- Act seven, scene three, take two.
- did a double take and then a triple take
- I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
verb
1. carry out
- take action
- take steps
- take vengeance
Definition categories: social, act, move
2. require (time or space)
Similar word(s): occupy
Definition categories: possession, expend, use
3. take somebody somewhere
- can you take me to the main entrance?
Similar word(s): conduct, direct, guide, lead
Definition categories: motion
4. get into one's hands, take physically
- Take a cookie!
- Can you take this bag, please
Definition categories: contact
5. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
Similar word(s): acquire, adopt, assume
Definition categories: change
6. interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- How should I take this message?
Similar word(s): read
Definition categories: cognition, construe, interpret, see
7. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- Take these letters to the boss
Similar word(s): bring, convey
Definition categories: motion, carry, transport
8. take into one's possession
- I'll take three salmon steaks
Definition categories: possession
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
Definition categories: motion, apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize
10. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- Take any one of these cards
Similar word(s): choose, select
Definition categories: cognition, decide, determine
11. receive willingly something given or offered
Definition categories: possession, acquire, get
12. assume, as of positions or roles
Definition categories: social, work
13. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- Take the case of China
Similar word(s): consider, deal
Definition categories: cognition
14. require as useful, just, or proper
- It takes nerve to do what she did
Similar word(s): ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require
Definition categories: stative
15. experience or feel or submit to
- Take a test
- Take the plunge
Definition categories: perception, experience, get, have, receive
16. make a film or photograph of something
- take a scene
Definition categories: communication, enter, record
17. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- take the gun from your pocket
Similar word(s): remove, withdraw
Definition categories: change
18. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- I don't take sugar in my coffee
Similar word(s): consume, have, ingest
Definition categories: consumption
19. accept or undergo, often unwillingly
Similar word(s): submit
Definition categories: cognition, undergo
20. make use of or accept for some purpose
- take a risk
- take an opportunity
Similar word(s): accept
Definition categories: possession
21. take by force
Definition categories: possession
22. occupy or take on
Similar word(s): assume, strike
Definition categories: motion, move
23. admit into a group or community
Similar word(s): accept, admit
Definition categories: possession, accept, have, take
24. 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
Definition categories: change, find, get, incur, obtain, receive
25. be a student of a certain subject
Similar word(s): learn, read, study
Definition categories: cognition
26. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Definition categories: communication, ask, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
27. head into a specified direction
Similar word(s): make
Definition categories: motion, head
28. point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- Take a swipe at one's opponent
Similar word(s): aim, direct, train
Definition categories: competition, position
29. be seized or affected in a specified way
- take sick
- be taken drunk
Definition categories: change, become, get, go
30. have with oneself; have on one's person
- She always takes an umbrella
Definition categories: stative, feature, have
31. engage for service under a term of contract
- Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Similar word(s): charter, engage, hire, lease, rent
Definition categories: possession, acquire, get
32. receive or obtain regularly
- We take the Times every day
Similar word(s): subscribe
Definition categories: possession, buy, purchase
33. buy, select
- I'll take a pound of that sausage
Definition categories: possession, buy, purchase
34. to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- take shelter from the storm
Definition categories: possession
35. have sex with; archaic use
- He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable
Similar word(s): have
Definition categories: contact, bang, bed, bonk, hump, jazz, know, love, screw
36. lay claim to; as of an idea
Similar word(s): claim
Definition categories: communication, affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify
37. be designed to hold or take
- This surface will not take the dye
Similar word(s): accept
Definition categories: stative, be
38. be capable of holding or containing
- This box won't take all the items
Similar word(s): contain, hold
Definition categories: stative, be
39. develop a habit
Definition categories: social
40. proceed along in a vehicle
Similar word(s): drive
Definition categories: motion, cover, cross, track, traverse
41. obtain by winning
- Winner takes all
Definition categories: competition, win
42. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Similar word(s): contract, get
Definition categories: body, sicken
Sentences with take as a verb:
- take a pen off the desk; they took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands
- I’ll take that plate off the table.
- take the city; take the guards prisoner; take prisoners
- After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
- to take a toll; to take revenge
- the camera takes 35mm film
- the store doesn't take checks; she wouldn't take any money for her help; the vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins
- take my advice
- take a wife; the school only takes new students in the fall
- the therapist wouldn't take him as a client
- take two egg from the cartoon
- take one from three and you are left with two
- Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
- take whichever bag you like; she took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city
- I'll take the blue plates.
- she took his side in every argument; take a stand on the important issues
- I'll take the plate with me.
- The next bus will take you to Metz.
- These stairs take you down to the basement.
- take the ferry; he took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester
- I used to take The Sunday Times.
- take two of these and call me in the morning; take the blue pill
- I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
- the general took dinner at seven o'clock; I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.
- take sun-baths; take a shower; she made the decision to take chemotherapy
- she takes pride in her work; he took pleasure in his opponent's death; I take offence at that
- to take a dislike; to take pleasure
- took a pay cut; take a joke; the hull took a lot of punishment before it broke
- I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.
- That truck bed will only take two tons.
- Aren't you supposed to take your math final today? When will you take your vacation? I had to take a pee.
- Don't take my comments as an insult.
- take her word for it, take him at his word
- I take it from her comments she won't be there.
- I took him to be a person of honor. / Do you take me for (or: take me to be) a fool? / Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father. / He was often taken to be a man of means.
- I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.
- As I Lay Dying takes its title from Book XI of Homer's Odyssey
- cloth that takes dye well; paper that takes ink; the leather that takes a certain kind of polish
- it takes a while to get used to the smell
- Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down. Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
- hunting that whale takes most of his free time; his collection takes a lot of space
- The trip will take about ten minutes.
- take a walk; take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse; take a trip; take aim; take the tempo slowly
- The kick is taken from where the foul occurred. Pirès ran in to take the kick. The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line.
- take the part of the villain / hero
- take office; take the throne
- go down two blocks and take the next left; take the path of least resistance
- take cover / shelter / refuge
- take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure; take a census
- The photographer will take you sitting down.
- to take a group / a scene
- I plan to take math, physics, literature and flower arrangement this semester.
- take matters as they arise
- I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc.
- He’ll probably take this one.
- This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive.
- My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.
- the dye didn't take
- not all grafts take
- I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.