take

B1
Pronunciation
/teɪk/
/teɪk/
/teɪk/
Noun
10 definition(s)
1 Definition

The or an act of taking.

2 Definition

Something that is taken; a haul.

3 Definition

An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.

Example Sentences
  • What's your take on this issue, Fred?
4 Definition

An approach, a (distinct) treatment.

Example Sentences
  • a new take on a traditional dish
5 Definition

A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.

Example Sentences
  • Act seven, scene three, take two.
6 Definition

A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.

7 Definition

A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.

Example Sentences
  • I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
8 Definition

An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.

9 Definition

A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).

10 Definition

The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

Verb
55 definition(s)
1 Definition

To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.

Example Sentences
  • I'll take that plate off the table.
2 Definition

To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).

Example Sentences
  • The camera takes 35mm film.
3 Definition

To remove.

Example Sentences
  • take two eggs from the carton
4 Definition

To have sex with.

5 Definition

To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

Example Sentences
  • Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
6 Definition

To grasp or grip.

Example Sentences
  • He took her hand in his.
7 Definition

To select or choose; to pick.

Example Sentences
  • I'll take the blue plates.
8 Definition

To adopt (select) as one's own.

Example Sentences
  • She took his side in every argument.
9 Definition

To carry or lead (something or someone).

Example Sentences
  • I'll take the plate with me.
10 Definition

To use as a means of transportation.

Example Sentences
  • He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.
11 Definition

To visit; to include in a course of travel.

12 Definition

To obtain for use by payment or lease.

Example Sentences
  • He took a full-page ad in the Times.
13 Definition

To consume.

14 Definition

To experience, undergo, or endure.

15 Definition

To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

Example Sentences
  • He had to take it apart to fix it.
16 Definition

To regard in a specified way.

Example Sentences
  • He took the news badly.
17 Definition

To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.

Example Sentences
  • took a dim view of city officials
18 Definition

To understand (especially in a specified way).

Example Sentences
  • Don't take my comments as an insult.
19 Definition

To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).

Example Sentences
  • He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.
20 Definition

To believe, to accept the statements of.

Example Sentences
  • take her word for it
21 Definition

To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

Example Sentences
  • Do you take me for a fool?
22 Definition

To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).

Example Sentences
  • I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.
23 Definition

To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.

Example Sentences
  • "As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"
24 Definition

To catch or contract (an illness, etc).

Example Sentences
  • took a chill
25 Definition

To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).

26 Definition

To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.

Example Sentences
  • took her attention
27 Definition

(of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).

Example Sentences
  • cloth that takes dye well
28 Definition

(of a ship) To let in (water).

29 Definition

To require.

Example Sentences
  • Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
30 Definition

To proceed to fill.

Example Sentences
  • He took a seat in the front row.
31 Definition

To fill, to use up (time or space).

Example Sentences
  • His collection takes a lot of space.
32 Definition

To avail oneself of.

Example Sentences
  • He took that opportunity to leave France.
33 Definition

To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

Example Sentences
  • Pirès ran in to take the kick.
34 Definition

To assume or perform (a form or role).

35 Definition

To bind oneself by.

Example Sentences
  • he took the oath of office last night
36 Definition

To move into.

Example Sentences
  • the next team took the field
37 Definition

To go into, through, or along.

Example Sentences
  • go down two blocks and take the next left
38 Definition

To have and use one's recourse to.

Example Sentences
  • take cover/shelter/refuge
39 Definition

To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

Example Sentences
  • take a census
40 Definition

To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.

Example Sentences
  • He took a mental inventory of his supplies.
41 Definition

To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).

Example Sentences
  • Could you take a picture of us?
42 Definition

To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).

Example Sentences
  • The photographer will take you sitting down.
43 Definition

To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

Example Sentences
  • took me for ten grand
44 Definition

(now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.

Example Sentences
  • As a child, she took ballet.
45 Definition

To deal with.

Example Sentences
  • take matters as they arise
46 Definition

To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.

Example Sentences
  • I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc.
47 Definition

To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

Example Sentences
  • He'll probably take this one.
48 Definition

To accept as an input to a relation.

49 Definition

To get or accept (something) into one's possession.

Example Sentences
  • My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.
50 Definition

To engage, take hold or have effect.

51 Definition

To become; to be affected in a specified way.

Example Sentences
  • She took sick with the flu.
52 Definition

(possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

53 Definition

An intensifier.

54 Definition

To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).

55 Definition

(obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

Example Sentences
  • He took me a blow on the head.