Definition of take

noun (n)

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property (noun.possession)

  Synonym: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield
  

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• the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption (noun.act)

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• That which is taken; especially, the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch. (noun)

  source: webster1913

preposition (pre)

• Taken. (preposition)

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verb (v)

• carry out (verb.social)

  Synonym: run
  

  Example:
  Take action.
  Take steps.
  Take vengeance.
  

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• require (time or space) (verb.possession)

  Synonym: occupy, use up
  

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• take somebody somewhere (verb.motion)

  Synonym: conduct, direct, guide, lead
  

  Example:
  Can you take me to the main entrance?.
  

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• get into one's hands, take physically (verb.contact)

  Synonym: get hold of
  

  Example:
  Take a cookie!.
  Can you take this bag, please.
  

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• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect (verb.change)

  Synonym: acquire, adopt, assume, take on
  

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• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: read
  

  Example:
  How should I take this message?.
  You can't take credit for this!.
  

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• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere (verb.motion)

  Synonym: bring, convey
  

  Example:
  Take these letters to the boss.
  

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• take into one's possession (verb.possession)

  Antonym: give
  

  Example:
  I'll take three salmon steaks.
  

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• travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route (verb.motion)

  Example:
  He takes the bus to work.
  She takes Route 1 to Newark.
  

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• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: choose, pick out, select
  

  Example:
  Take any one of these cards.
  

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• receive willingly something given or offered (verb.possession)

  Synonym: accept, have
  Antonym: decline, pass up, refuse, reject, turn down
  

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• assume, as of positions or roles (verb.social)

  Synonym: fill, occupy
  

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• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: consider, deal, look at
  

  Example:
  Take the case of China.
  

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• require as useful, just, or proper (verb.stative)

  Synonym: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require
  Antonym: eliminate, obviate, rid of
  

  Example:
  It takes nerve to do what she did.
  

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• experience or feel or submit to (verb.perception)

  Example:
  Take a test.
  Take the plunge.
  

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• make a film or photograph of something (verb.communication)

  Synonym: film, shoot
  

  Example:
  Take a scene.
  

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• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract (verb.change)

  Synonym: remove, take away, withdraw
  

  Example:
  Take the gun from your pocket.
  

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• serve oneself to, or consume regularly (verb.consumption)

  Synonym: consume, have, ingest, take in
  Antonym: abstain, desist, refrain
  

  Example:
  I don't take sugar in my coffee.
  

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• accept or undergo, often unwillingly (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: submit
  

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• make use of or accept for some purpose (verb.possession)

  Synonym: accept
  

  Example:
  Take a risk.
  Take an opportunity.
  

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• take by force (verb.possession)

  Synonym: force, storm
  

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• occupy or take on (verb.motion)

  Synonym: assume, strike, take up
  

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• admit into a group or community (verb.possession)

  Synonym: accept, admit, take on
  

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• ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial (verb.change)

  Example:
  Take a pulse.
  A reading was taken of the earth's tremors.
  

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• be a student of a certain subject (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: learn, read, study
  

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• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs (verb.communication)

  Synonym: claim, exact
  

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• head into a specified direction (verb.motion)

  Synonym: make
  

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• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards (verb.competition)

  Synonym: aim, direct, take aim, train
  

  Example:
  Take a swipe at one's opponent.
  

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• be seized or affected in a specified way (verb.change)

  Example:
  Take sick.
  Be taken drunk.
  

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• have with oneself; have on one's person (verb.stative)

  Synonym: carry, pack
  

  Example:
  She always takes an umbrella.
  

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• engage for service under a term of contract (verb.possession)

  Synonym: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent
  

  Example:
  Shall we take a guide in Rome?.
  

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• receive or obtain regularly (verb.possession)

  Synonym: subscribe, subscribe to
  

  Example:
  We take the Times every day.
  

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• buy, select (verb.possession)

  Example:
  I'll take a pound of that sausage.
  

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• to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort (verb.possession)

  Example:
  Take shelter from the storm.
  

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• have sex with; archaic use (verb.contact)

  Synonym: have
  

  Example:
  He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable.
  

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• lay claim to; as of an idea (verb.communication)

  Synonym: claim
  Antonym: disclaim
  

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• be designed to hold or take (verb.stative)

  Example:
  This surface will not take the dye.
  

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• be capable of holding or containing (verb.stative)

  Synonym: contain, hold
  

  Example:
  This box won't take all the items.
  

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• develop a habit (verb.social)

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• proceed along in a vehicle (verb.motion)

  Synonym: drive
  

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• obtain by winning (verb.competition)

  Example:
  Winner takes all.
  

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• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness (verb.body)

  Synonym: contract, get
  

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• In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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