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take meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of take at MeaningMonkey.org. take meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.TAKE noun
Definition of take (noun)
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
TAKE verb
Definition of take (verb)
- carry out
- "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- get into one's hands, take physically
- "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
- synonyms: get hold of
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- 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!"
- synonyms: read
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
- antonym: give
- 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"
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- 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"
- synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require
- antonym: eliminate
- experience or feel or submit to
- "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- "We took a pay cut"
- synonyms: submit
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
- synonyms: accept
- take by force
- "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- 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"
- be a student of a certain subject
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- head into a specified direction
- "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
- synonyms: make
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- "We take the Times every day"
- synonyms: 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"
- have sex with; archaic use
- "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
- synonyms: have
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- "This surface will not take the dye"
- synonyms: accept
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- "He took to visiting bars"
- proceed along in a vehicle
- "We drive the turnpike to work"
- synonyms: drive
- obtain by winning
- "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Source: Princeton University Wordnet