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Take
teɪk
- lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold
"Mrs Morgan took another biscuit"
- capture or gain possession of by force or military means
"twenty of their ships were sunk or taken"
- (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) win (a trick)
"West leads a club enabling his partner to take three tricks in the suit"
- capture (an opposing piece or pawn)
"Black takes the rook with his bishop"
- dismiss a batter from (their wicket)
"he took seven wickets in the second innings"
- dispossess someone of (something); steal or illicitly remove
"someone must have sneaked in here and taken it"
- occupy (a place or position)
"we found that all the seats were taken"
- rent (a house)
"they decided to take a small house in the country"
- agree to buy (an item)
"I'll take the one on the end"
- (of a person) already be married or in an emotional relationship
- use or have ready to use
"take half the marzipan and roll out"
- use as an instance or example in support of an argument
"let's take Napoleon, for instance"
- regularly buy or subscribe to (a particular newspaper or periodical)
- ascertain by measurement or observation
"the nurse takes my blood pressure"
- write down
"he was taking notes"
- make (a photograph) with a camera
"he stopped to take a snap"
- (especially of illness) suddenly strike or afflict (someone)
"mum's been taken bad"
- have sex with
- remove (someone or something) from a particular place
"he took an envelope from his inside pocket"
- subtract
"take two from ten"
- carry or bring with one; convey
"he took along a portfolio of his drawings"
- accompany or guide (someone) to a specified place
"I'll take you to your room"
- bring into a specified state
"the attack took the country to the brink of war"
- use as a route or a means of transport
"take the A43 towards Bicester"
- accept or receive (someone or something)
"she was advised to take any job offered"
- understand or accept as valid
"I take your point"
- acquire or assume (a position, state, or form)
"teaching methods will take various forms"
- receive (a specified amount of money) as payment or earnings
"on its first day of trading the shop took 1.6 million roubles"
- achieve or attain (a victory or result)
"John Martin took the men's title"
- act on (an opportunity)
"he took his chance to get out while the house was quiet"
- experience or be affected by
"the lad took a savage beating"
- react to or regard (news or an event) in a specified way
"she took the news well"
- deal with (a physical obstacle or course) in a specified way
"he takes the corners with no concern for his own safety"
- regard or view in a specified way
"he somehow took it as a personal insult"
- submit to, tolerate, or endure
"they refused to take it any more"
- consume as food, drink, medicine, or drugs
"take an aspirin and lie down"
- make, undertake, or perform (an action or task)
"Lucy took a deep breath"
- conduct (a ceremony or gathering)
- be taught or examined in (a subject)
"some degrees require a student to take a secondary subject"
- obtain (an academic degree) after fulfilling the required conditions
"she took a degree in business studies"
- require or use up (a specified amount of time)
"the jury took an hour and a half to find McPherson guilty"
- (of a task or situation) need or call for (a particular person or thing)
"it will take an electronics expert to dismantle it"
- hold; accommodate
"an exclusive island hideaway that takes just twenty guests"
- wear or require (a particular size of garment or type of complementary article)
"he only takes size 5 boots"
- be attracted or charmed by
"Billie was very taken with him"
- (of a plant or seed) take root or begin to grow; germinate
"the fuchsia cuttings had taken and were looking good"
- (of an added substance) become successfully established
"these type of grafts take much better than other xenografts"
- have or require as part of the appropriate construction
"verbs which take both the infinitive and the finite clause as their object"
- a scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time
"he completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes"
- a particular version of or approach to something
"his own whimsical take on life"
- an amount of something gained or acquired from one source or in one session
"the take from commodity taxation"
- the money received at a cinema or theatre for seats
- an amount of copy set up at one time or by one compositor