Take

Verb

 * 1)  To grasp with the hands.
 * 2)  To grab and move to oneself.
 * I’ll take that plate off the table.
 * 1)  To get into one's possession.
 * 2)  To accept.
 * Do you take sugar in your coffee?
 * We take all major credit cards.
 * 1)  To gain a position by force.
 * After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
 * 1)  To have sex forcefully with, possibly without consent.
 * The rapist took his victims in dark alleys.
 * 1)  To carry, particularly to a particular destination.
 * I'll take the plate with me.
 * 1)  To choose.
 * I'll take the blue plates.
 * 1)  To support or carry without failing or breaking.
 * That truck bed will only take two tons.
 * 1)  To endure or cope with.
 * I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.
 * 1)  To not swing at a pitch
 * He’ll probably take this one.
 * 1)  To ingest medicine, drugs, etc.
 * I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
 * 1)  To assume or interpret to be.
 * Do you take me for a fool?
 * I take it you're not going?
 * Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.
 * He was often taken to be a man of means.
 * 1)  To enroll (in a class, or a course of study).
 * I plan to take math, physics, literature and flower arrangement this semester.
 * 1)  To participate in, undergo, or experience.
 * Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?
 * ''When will you take your vacation?
 * I had to take a pee.
 * 1)  To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively.
 * 2)  To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.)
 * Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
 * 1)  To stick, persist, thrive or remain.
 * I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.
 * 1)  To become.
 * They took ill within 3 hours.
 * She took sick with the flu.
 * 1)  To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.
 * 2)  To require.
 * Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.
 * Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
 * 1)  To capture using a photographic camera.
 * The photographer took a picture of our family.
 * 1)  To last or expend [an amount of time].
 * I estimate the trip will take about ten minutes.
 * 1)  To use
 * Let's take the bus today.
 * This camera takes 35mm film.
 * 1)  To consider as an instance or example.
 * I've had a lot of problems recently. Take last Monday. The car broke down on the way to work. Then ...etc.
 * 1)  To deliver, give (something); to entrust.
 * 2) * 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XIII:
 * Now brynge me youre shylde that I toke you whan ye wente into batayle ayenst Kyng Tholome.
 * 1) * 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Matthew XXIII:
 * Jesus perceaved there wylynes, and sayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes? lett me se the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny.
 * 1)  To habituate to or gain competency at a task
 * I take to swimming like a fish.

Quotations

 * 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
 * Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

Synonyms

 * grab, grasp, grip
 * confiscate, seize
 * capture, conquer, seize
 * have, rape
 * get
 * ingest
 * receive
 * swallow

Antonyms

 * give
 * bring
 * drop

Derived terms

 * foretake
 * out-take
 * take aback
 * take a bath
 * take a bite
 * take a bow
 * take a breather
 * take a chance
 * take a chill pill
 * take a dive
 * take a dump
 * take a gamble
 * take a look


 * take a picture
 * take a risk


 * take a spill
 * take a spin
 * take a tumble
 * take action
 * take advantage
 * take after
 * take against
 * take along
 * take amiss


 * take apart
 * take around
 * take aside
 * take away


 * take back
 * take charge
 * take comfort
 * take cover
 * take down


 * take exception to
 * take five
 * take flight
 * take for granted
 * take form
 * take guard
 * take hold
 * take-home pay
 * take in
 * take it as it comes
 * take it away
 * take it easy
 * take it like a man
 * take it on the chin
 * take it out on


 * take off the table
 * take off
 * take offence
 * take offense
 * take on
 * take one's rest
 * take one's time
 * take oneself off
 * take out


 * take over


 * take part
 * take place
 * take pleasure
 * take pride
 * take someone prisoner
 * take round
 * take shape
 * take sides
 * take silk
 * takest
 * take stock
 * take that
 * take the biscuit
 * take the cake


 * take the fall
 * take the mick
 * take the mickey
 * take the piss
 * take the trouble
 * take through
 * take time
 * take to extremes
 * take to heart
 * take to one side
 * take to one's bed
 * take to one's heels
 * take to
 * take to the streets
 * take turns
 * take umbrage
 * take up for
 * take up with
 * take up
 * take upon
 * take with a pinch of salt

See also taken and taking

Noun

 * 1) An act of taking.
 * 2) Something that is taken.
 * 3) A (1) profit, (2) reward, (3) bribe, illegal payoff or unethical kickback.
 * (1) & (2): He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
 * (3) The mayor is on the take.
 * 1) An interpretation or view.
 * What’s your take on this issue, Fred?
 * 1)  An attempt to record a scene.
 * It’s a take.
 * Act seven, scene three, take two.
 * 1)  A catch.
 * 2)  A facial gesture in response to an event.
 * I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
 * 1)  A catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper.

Derived terms

 * double take
 * give and take


 * on the take
 * take two


 * take-or-pay

Adverbs for Take
selfishly; invariably; graciously; voluntarily; figuratively; consciously; voraciously; recklessly; unhesitatingly; reluctantly; forcibly; sparingly; literally; ostentatiously; affectionately; seriously; indiscriminately; ostensibly; ceremoniously; roughly.

Thesaurus
OD, abduct, abide, absorb, abstract, accede, accede to, accept, accommodate, accompany, account as, accroach, acknowledge, acquire, act, admit, adopt, advocate, affect, agree to, allow for, allure, and, annex, annihilate, apply, appreciate, apprehend, appropriate, arrogate, ask, assault sexually, assent, assimilate, assume, astonish, astound, attract, avails, bag, bamboozle, be afraid, be agreeable, be blooded, be brought down, be felled, be seized of, be struck down, be successful, be traumatized, be with one, bear, bear with, beard, beat, beat it, become airborne, behave, believe, belittle, bewitch, bilk, blackmail, blast off, blaze, blaze up, blink at, board, bolt, boodle, book, boom shot, boost, booty, borrow, box office, brave, break bread, break out, bring, bring up, brook, burlesque, burn, burst into flame, buy, call for, capital gains, captivate, capture, caricature, carry, carry away, carry off, carry on, cart, catch, catch cold, catch fire, catch on, catch on fire, catch up, challenge, charm, chase, cheat, choose, chouse, chronicle, claim, clap hands on, clasp, claw, cleanup, clear, clear profit, clench, click, clinch, close-up, clutch, collapse, collar, combust, come by, come down with, come in for, come into, come off, commandeer, commissions, compass, comply, comprehend, comprise, con, conceive, conclude, condone, conduct, confiscate, connect, connive at, consent, consider, construe, consume, contain, contend against, continue, contract, convey, convoy, cop, copy, corral, count calories, court, cover, cozen, crave, credit, credits, crib, crook, cull, daresay, deal with, debase, decamp, deceive, deduce, deduct, deem, define, deflate, deflorate, deflower, defraud, degrade, deliver, demand, depart, deprecate, depreciate, derive, derive from, describe, deuce shot, devirginate, devour, diagnose, diddle, diet, dig, digest, diminish, disavow, discard, discount, disgrace, disparage, disposable income, disregard, dividend, dividends, divine, do, do the trick, document, doff, down, drag down, drain off, draw, draw back, draw from, draw off, dream, drink, dupe, earn, earned income, earnings, eat, effect, elect, embezzle, embrace, employ, enchant, encompass, end, endure, engage, enlist, enmesh, ensnare, entail, entangle, enter into possession, entertain, entrap, erupt, escort, espouse, establish, esteem, estimate, exact, expect, experience, express, expropriate, extort, extract, face, face the music, fall to, fancy, fare, farewell, fascinate, fathom, favor, feed, feed on, feel, ferry, fever, fiddle, fight, filch, fill up, filthy lucre, fit in, flame, flimflam, fly, fly off, follow, follow-focus shot, fool, foul, freight, full shot, function, gain, gains, gate, gate receipts, gather, get, get hold of, get the drift, get the idea, get the picture, gettings, gleanings, glom on to, go, go along with, go away, go great guns, go into shock, go off, go on with, go over, go over big, go through, go to town, gobble up, grab, grab hold of, graduate, graft, grant, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, gross, gross income, gross profit, gross receipts, group shot, guess, guide, gull, gulp down, gyp, hack, handle, harpoon, harrow, harvest, haul, have, have a hunch, have an idea, have an impression, have an inkling, have coming in, have it taped, have recourse to, have the idea, hire, hit the road, hoard, hold, hold as, hoodwink, hook, hot goods, hug, humble, humiliate, hunger, ignore, imagine, imbibe, imitate, implicate, imply, impose upon, include, income, infer, infringe, ingest, inhale, inherit, intake, interest, interpret, involve, judge, ken, kill, killing, kinescope, knock off, knock under, know, knuckle down, knuckle under, lampoon, land, lasso, lay hands on, lay hold of, lead, lead to, learn, lease, leave, leave unavenged, let, let be, let in, let it go, liberate, lift, lift off, like, live with it, lodge, long shot, look like, look upon as, loot, lower, lucre, lug, lure, magnetize, maintain, make, make a hit, make allowances for, make for, make off with, make use of, makings, manhandle, mark, master, matte shot, meal, medium shot, meet with success, mesh, mimic, misappropriate, mock, motion picture, mulct, nab, nail, neat profit, necessitate, need, net, net income, net profit, net receipts, nick, nip, nip up, noose, not resist, note, obey, obtain, occupy, operate, opine, oppose, opt for, output, overcharge, overdose, overhaul, overlook, overtake, pack, palm, pan shot, panoramic shot, paper profits, parody, partake, partake of, pass, pass over, peculate, peel off, pelf, perceive, percentage, perform, perk, perks, perquisite, pick, pick up, pickings, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, pitch in, plagiarize, play, plunder, poach, pocket, pocket the affront, pork barrel, possess, possess sexually, preempt, prefer, prefigure, prehend, presume, presuppose, presurmise, prevail, prize, proceeds, process shot, procure, produce, profit, profits, prosper, provisionally accept, public till, public trough, pull down, purchase, purloin, pursue, put down, put forth, put in writing, put into effect, put up with, quaff, qualify, quarter, raise, rake-off, rap shot, rape, ravish, reach, react, read, read into, realize, reap, recant, receipt, receipts, receivables, receive, reckon, record, regard, regard with indulgence, relent, relish, remind one of, remove, rent, repudiate, repute, require, resemble, reserve, resign, resort to, resume, retain, retake, retract, return, returns, revenue, rip off, rival, rob, rope, royalties, run a temperature, run after, run away with, run for, rustle, sack, satirize, savor, savvy, say, score, scram, scrounge, secure, see, seize, seize the meaning, seizure, select, send up, sense, sequester, serve, set down, set down as, shame, shock, shoplift, shot, sicken, simulate, single out, skedaddle, snag, snap up, snare, snatch, sniggle, snitch, spear, split, spoil, spoils, spoils of office, sponsor, spoof, squeeze, stand, startle, steal, stealings, stick, stolen goods, stomach, store, strike, strip off, study, submit, submit to, subsume, subtract, succeed, succumb, suffer, support, suppose, surmise, surprise, survive, suspect, swag, swallow, swallow an insult, swallow it, swallow the pill, swindle, swipe, tackle, take aback, take after, take away, take back, take by assault, take by storm, take down, take effect, take for, take for granted, take from, take hold, take hold of, take ill, take in, take it, take it that, take off, take on, take out, take over, take possession, take possession of, take to, take to be, take to mean, take up, take-in, takings, tangle, tangle up with, taste, terminate, thieve, think, till, tolerate, torment, tote, transcribe, transport, trap, travel shot, travesty, treat, trick, trow, trucking shot, turn aside provocation, turn to, undergo, understand, understand by, undertake, unearned income, use, use up, vie with, view as, violate, voice, waft, walk off with, wealth, weather, ween, whip up, whisk, wile, win, wing, wink at, winnings, wipe out, withdraw, withstand, wolf, woo, work, work well, work wonders, write down, yield, zoom shot

Etymology
From taken:, from  tacan:, probably of  origin, from  taka:, from, from. Gradually displaced Middle English nimen:, from Old English niman:. Cognate with Icelandic taka:, Danish tage:, Middle Dutch taken:, Middle Low German tacken:. See.

Verb

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: браць, взяць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: agafar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:, ,
 * Czech: ; ; brát
 * Estonian: võtma
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: prendere
 * Japanese: ,
 * Khmer: យក


 * Korean:
 * Latin: capio, prehendo
 * Macedonian: зема
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:,  ;  , схватить
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak: brať, vziať
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: fatta, gripa, ta, ta tag i, hålla sig i
 * Thai:, หยิบ
 * Turkish: almak
 * Ukrainian:, взяти
 * Urdu: لینا
 * Vietnamese: nắm


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Catalan: prendre
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:, , ,
 * Czech:
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 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua:
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: алу (alu)
 * Korean: 잡다 (jabda)
 * Latin: capio
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: brać / wziąć
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ta, föra fram till sig
 * Telugu: తీసుకొను (teesukonu)
 * Turkish: almak (tr)


 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: prendre
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: preni
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Interlingua:


 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ta, få tag på
 * Telugu: తీసుకొను (teesukonu)
 * Yiddish: נעמען


 * Armenian:
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew: קיבל


 * Japanese: 受け付ける
 * Latin: capio
 * Russian:,  ;  ,
 * Turkish: kabul etmek


 * Armenian: ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: תפס
 * Japanese: 占拠する


 * Latin: capio
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: zawładnąć
 * Russian:,  , захватывать , захватить
 * Slovene: zavzeti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Catalan: violar, forçar
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: prendre (de force), forcer, violer
 * German: (mit Gewalt) nehmen
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: capio


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
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 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese:
 * Ladino: yevar
 * Latin: fero


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: a
 * Russian:,  ; забирать , забрать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: götürmek


 * Catalan: agafar, escollir
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: capio


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
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 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: seçmek


 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
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 * Japanese: 壊さずに運ぶ
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: almak, taşımak


 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese: 我慢する
 * Norwegian: tåle,


 * Russian:, выдержать ; выносить ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: tahammül etmek, katlanmak, dayanmak, dayanmak


 * Catalan: prendre
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: ,  摂取する


 * Latin: capio
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: brać, przyjmować, zażywać
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
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 * Russian: ,


 * Arabic: استغرق
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 需要
 * Croatian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: dauern


 * Hebrew: נמשך
 * Japanese: 掛かる
 * Korean: 걸리다
 * Latin: capio
 * Russian: занимать, занять
 * Turkish: sürmek

Noun

 * Croatian:
 * Czech: vzetí
 * Hebrew: לקיחה
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:


 * Polish: branie, wzięcie
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tagande
 * Turkish: tutma, tutuş


 * Czech: vzaný
 * Japanese:


 * Norwegian:
 * Swedish:, fångst


 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hebrew: שלל, רווח
 * Japanese:


 * Norwegian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: intäkter
 * Turkish: kar, kazanç


 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese:


 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: synpunkt
 * Turkish: tepki, görüş


 * Catalan: presa
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: テイク
 * Norwegian: opptak


 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: tagning


 * Norwegian: mottak


 * : 拿 (ná), 取 (qǔ), 握 (wò), 接受 (jiēshòu), 应付 (yìngfù)
 * : nemen
 * : kunin
 * : prenar
 * : mengambil, memungut
 * : mengambil, memungut


 * : prendere (2,5,9,10), portare (1,4,6), violentare (3, also to rape)
 * : зема (zema)
 * : узети (uzeti)
 * : pigghiari (2,5,9,10)
 * : vziať, zobrať
 * : almak(1,2,7), yakalamak(4), anlamak(5)

Anagrams

 * Kate
 * teak

Noun

 * 1)  bamboo
 * 2)  height
 * 3)  peak, mountain