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take > 44 senses
NOUN1take, return, issue, proceeds, takings, yield, payoffThe income arising from land or other property
2takeThe act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
VERB1takeCarry out
2take, occupy, use upAs of time or space
3take, lead, direct, conduct, guideTake somebody somewhere
4take, get hold ofGet into one's hands, take physically
5take, assume, acquire, adopt, take onTake on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
6take, readInterpret something in a certain way
7take, bring, conveyTake something or somebody with oneself somewhere
8takeTake into one's possession
9take, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demandRequire as useful, just, or proper
10take, choose, select, pick outPick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
11takeTravel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
12take, accept, haveReceive willingly something given or offered
13take, fillAssume, as of positions or roles
14take, consider, deal, look atTake into consideration for exemplifying purposes
15takeExperience or feel or submit to
16take, film, shootMake a film or photograph of something
17take, remove, take away, withdrawRemove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract
18take, consume, ingest, take in, haveServe oneself to, or consume regularly
19take, undergo, submitAccept or undergo, often unwillingly
20take, acceptMake use of or accept for some purpose
21takeTake by force
22take, assume, strike, take upOccupy or take on
23take, accept, admit, take onAdmit into a group or community
24take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
25take, learn, study, readBe a student of a certain subject
26take, claim, exactTake as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
27take, makeHead into a specified direction
28take, aim, train, take aim, directAim or direct at
29takeBe seized or affected in a specified way
30take, carry, packHave with oneself
31take, lease, rent, hire, charter, engageEngage for service under a term of contract
32take, subscribe, subscribe toReceive or obtain by regular payment
33takeBuy, select
34takeTo get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
35take, haveHave sex with
36take, claimLay claim to
37take, acceptBe designed to hold or take
38take, contain, holdBe capable of holding or containing
39takeDevelop a habit
40take, driveProceed along in a vehicle
41takeObtain by winning
42take, contract, getBe stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
take > pronunciation
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take > noun 1, possession
MeaningThe income arising from land or other property.
Synonymsreturn, issue, proceeds, takings, yield, payoff
Narrowereconomic rent, rent; payback
Broaderincome
Verbstake
take > noun 2, act
MeaningThe act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption.
Narrowerretake
Broaderfilming, cinematography, motion-picture photography
Verbstake
take > verb 1, social
MeaningCarry out.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
Broaderact, move
take > verb 2, possession
MeaningAs of time or space.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
ModelThey take a long time
Synonymsoccupy, use up
Narrowerbe
Broaderuse, expend
Similar toconsume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
take > verb 3, motion
MeaningTake somebody somewhere.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Examples"can you take me to the main entrance?"
Synonymslead, direct, conduct, guide
Narrowerbeacon; hand; mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray; usher, show
take > verb 4, contact
MeaningGet into one's hands, take physically.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
ModelThe children take the ball
Examples"Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
Synonymsget hold of
Narrowerseize, prehend, clutch; seize
See alsotake on; take in; take in; take away; take up; take apart
Nounstaking
take > verb 5, change
MeaningTake on a certain form, attribute, or aspect.
PatternSomething ----s something
Synonymsassume, acquire, adopt, take on
Narrowerre-assume
Broaderchange
take > verb 6, cognition
MeaningInterpret something in a certain way. Convey a particular meaning or impression.
PatternSomebody ----s something PP
Examples"How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"
Synonymsread
Narrowermisread, misinterpret
Broaderinterpret, construe, see
Similar toread; read
take > verb 7, motion
MeaningTake something or somebody with oneself somewhere.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP
ModelThey take the food to the people; They take the people the food
Examples"Take these letters to the boss"
Synonymsbring, convey
Entailscome, come up
Narrowerfetch; transit; ferry; return, take back, bring back; tube; whisk; conduct, transmit, convey, carry, channel; land
Broadertransport, carry
Similar tobring, get, convey, fetch; bring
take > verb 8, possession
MeaningTake into one's possession.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Examples"I'll take three salmon steaks"
Narroweradopt, take in; take away; take back, repossess; collect, take in; impound, attach, sequester, confiscate, seize; sequester; pocket; bear, take over, accept, assume; snap up, snaffle, grab; recall, call in, call back, withdraw; deprive, strip, divest; unburden
Contrarygive
See alsotake back; take in; take out
take > verb 9, stative
MeaningRequire as useful, just, or proper.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"It takes nerve to do what she did"
Synonymsnecessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand
Narrowerclaim, take, exact; govern; draw; cost; cry out for, cry for; imply, involve
Contraryobviate, rid of, eliminate
Similar toclaim, take, exact
take > verb 10, cognition
MeaningPick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
ModelThey take him to write the letter
Examples"Take any one of these cards"
Synonymschoose, select, pick out
Entailed bybuy, purchase
Narrowerempanel, impanel, panel; field; sieve, sift; draw; dial; plump, go; pick; elect; excerpt, extract, take out; cull out; cream off, skim off; sieve out, pick over; assign, specify, set apart; single out; think of; specify, set, determine, fix, limit; adopt, follow, espouse; screen, screen out, sieve, sort; vote in; elect; nominate, propose; vote; side, go with
Broaderdecide, make up one's mind, determine
take > verb 11, motion
MeaningTravel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThe men take the boat
Examples"He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark"
Broaderuse, utilize, utilise, apply, employ
take > verb 12, possession
MeaningReceive willingly something given or offered.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Synonymsaccept, have
Narroweraccept, admit, take, take on; welcome; honor, honour; adopt, borrow, take over, take up
Broaderget, acquire
Contraryrefuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline
Similar toreceive, have
See alsotake in; take over; take over; take up
Nounstaker
take > verb 13, social
MeaningAssume, as of positions or roles.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsfill
Broaderwork, do work
Similar toassume, take, strike, take up
take > verb 14, cognition
MeaningTake into consideration for exemplifying purposes.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"Take the case of China"
Synonymsconsider, deal, look at
Narrowercontemplate; dally, trifle, play; abstract; warm to
Broaderthink about
take > verb 15, perception
MeaningExperience or feel or submit to.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
Broaderexperience, receive, have, get, undergo
Similar totake, undergo, submit
take > verb 16, communication
MeaningMake a film or photograph of something.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
ModelSam cannot take Sue
Examples"take a scene"
Synonymsfilm, shoot
Categorymovie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
Narrowerreshoot
Broaderrecord, enter, put down
Similar tophotograph, snap, shoot
Nounstake
take > verb 17, change
MeaningRemove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP
ModelThey want to take the doors
Examples"take the gun from your pocket"
Synonymsremove, take away, withdraw
Entailed bydust; dig, dig out
Narrowerepilate, depilate; harvest; tip; stem; extirpate; enucleate; exenterate; enucleate; decorticate; bail; strip, undress, divest, disinvest; ablate; clean, pick; clean; winnow; unbrace; pick; clear, clear up; muck; lift; lift; lift; tear away, tear off; take off; take away, take out; pit, stone; seed; unhinge; shuck; hull; crumb; chip away, chip away at; burl; knock out; scavenge, clean; hypophysectomize, hypophysectomise; degas; husk, shell; bur, burr; clear off, clear away; flick; strip, dismantle; strip; clear; defang; bone, debone; disembowel, eviscerate, draw; shell; shuck; tusk, detusk; dehorn; scalp; weed; condense; bail out, bale out; leach, strip; decalcify; detoxify, detoxicate; de-ionate; de-iodinate; decarbonize, decarbonise, decarburize, decarburise, decoke; delouse; ream; brush; wash, wash out, wash off, wash away; desorb; pull; demineralize, demineralise; eliminate; expectorate, clear out, drive out; defuse; dredge; wear away, wear off; amputate, cut off; resect, eviscerate; skim, skim off, cream off, cream; strip; strip; scale, descale; circumcise; undock; dig, delve, cut into, turn over; excavate, dig, hollow; scoop, scoop out, lift out, scoop up, take up; extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out; take out; unstring; string; wipe off, wipe away; take away, bear off, bear away, carry away, carry off; unveil; unpack, take out; unburden, disburden; empty; discharge; unsaddle, offsaddle; shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop; dislodge, free; clean; aspirate, draw in, suck in; delete, cancel; ladle, lade, laden; spoon; gut; head; draw off, draw away, pull off; clean, strip; draw, take out; draw, pull, pull out, get out, take out; leach; draw; withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
See alsotake off
take > verb 18, consumption
MeaningServe oneself to, or consume regularly.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThey take the cake with sugar
Examples"I don't take sugar in my coffee"
Synonymsconsume, ingest, take in, have
Entailed byboard; digest; quench, slake, allay, assuage
Narrowerhit; cannibalize, cannibalise; use, habituate; eat; eat; drink, imbibe; drink, booze, fuddle; partake, touch; feed, eat; satiate, sate, replete, fill; sample, try, try out, taste; take in, sop up, suck in, take up; smoke; drug, do drugs; swallow, get down; sup
Contraryabstain, refrain, desist
See alsotake up
take > verb 19, cognition
MeaningAccept or undergo, often unwillingly.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsundergo, submit
Narrowertest
Broaderdigest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
Similar totake
Nounstaker
take > verb 20, possession
MeaningMake use of or accept for some purpose.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
Synonymsaccept
Narrowerco-opt
take > verb 21, possession
MeaningTake by force.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody
ModelThey take the hill
Narrowerrescue; scale; extort; assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate; recapture, retake; relieve; steal; plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray; sack, plunder
take > verb 22, motion
MeaningOccupy or take on.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThe men take the horses across the field
Synonymsassume, strike, take up
Broadermove
Similar tofill, take
take > verb 23, possession
MeaningAdmit into a group or community.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
ModelSam cannot take Sue
Synonymsaccept, admit, take on
Narrowerprofess
Broaderaccept, take, have
Similar toadmit, let in, include
take > verb 24, change
Meaning ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
Broaderreceive, get, find, obtain, incur
take > verb 25, cognition
MeaningBe a student of a certain subject.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymslearn, study, read
Narroweraudit; train, prepare; drill, exercise, practice, practise
take > verb 26, communication
MeaningTake as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonymsclaim, exact
Broadernecessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Similar tonecessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
take > verb 27, motion
MeaningHead into a specified direction.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Synonymsmake
Broaderhead
take > verb 28, competition
MeaningAim or direct at. As of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment.
PatternSomebody ----s; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP
Examples"Take a swipe at one's opponent"
Synonymsaim, train, take aim, direct
Entailed byovershoot; hit
Narrowertarget, aim, place, direct, point; draw a bead on; hold; turn; swing; charge, level, point; level
Broaderposition
take > verb 29, change
MeaningBe seized or affected in a specified way.
PatternSomebody ----s Adjective
Examples"take sick"; "be taken drunk"
Broaderbecome, go, get
take > verb 30, stative
MeaningHave with oneself. Have on one's person.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThey take more bread
Examples"She always takes an umbrella"
Synonymscarry, pack
Broaderhave, feature
Similar tocarry
take > verb 31, possession
MeaningEngage for service under a term of contract.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s something from somebody
Examples"Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
Synonymslease, rent, hire, charter, engage
Broaderget, acquire
take > verb 32, possession
MeaningReceive or obtain by regular payment.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"We take the Times every day"
Synonymssubscribe, subscribe to
Broaderbuy, purchase
Nounstake
take > verb 33, possession
MeaningBuy, select.
PatternSomebody ----s something
ModelThey take the newspapers
Examples"I'll take a pound of that sausage"
Categorycommerce, commercialism, mercantilism
Broaderbuy, purchase
See alsotake out
take > verb 34, possession
MeaningTo get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"take shelter from the storm"
take > verb 35, contact
MeaningHave sex with. Archaic use.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody
Examples"He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
Synonymshave
Broaderroll in the hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
take > verb 36, communication
MeaningLay claim to. As of an idea.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonymsclaim
Broaderaffirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear
Contrarydisclaim
Similar toclaim, lay claim, arrogate
take > verb 37, stative
MeaningBe designed to hold or take.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"This surface will not take the dye"
Synonymsaccept
Broaderbe
take > verb 38, stative
MeaningBe capable of holding or containing.
PatternSomething ----s something
Examples"This box won't take all the items"
Synonymscontain, hold
Broaderbe
Similar tohold, bear, carry, contain; accommodate, hold, admit
take > verb 39, social
MeaningDevelop a habit.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
take > verb 40, motion
MeaningProceed along in a vehicle.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsdrive
Categorydriving
Broadertraverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
Similar todrive, motor; drive; drive
take > verb 41, competition
MeaningObtain by winning.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Examples"Winner takes all"
Broaderwin
take > verb 42, body
MeaningBe stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymscontract, get
Narrowercatch
Broadersicken, come down
Similar tocatch

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