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Verb: take (took,taken)  teyk
  1. Carry out
  2. Require (time or space)
    - occupy, use up
  3. Accompany somebody somewhere to show them the way
    "can you take me to the main entrance?";
    - lead, direct, conduct, guide
  4. Get into one's hands, grasp physically
    "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please";
    - get hold of
  5. Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
    - assume, acquire, adopt, take on
    "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!";
    - read
  7. Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
    "Take these letters to the boss";
    - bring, convey
  8. Take into one's possession
  10. Make a selection from a number of alternatives
    "Take any one of these cards";
    - choose, select, pick out
  11. Receive willingly something given or offered
    "Please take my present";
    - accept, have
  12. Assume, as of positions or roles
    "She took the job as director of development";
    - fill, occupy
  13. Focus on as an example
    "Take the case of China";
    - consider, look at
    "It takes nerve to do what she did";
    - necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand
  15. Experience, feel or submit to
    "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
  16. (movie) make a film or photograph of something
    "take a scene";
    - film, shoot
  17. Move or change something to no longer be present or in its previous position; also used metaphorically
    "take the gun from your pocket"; "take away a threat";
    - remove, take away, withdraw
  18. Eat, esp. normally or regularly
    "I don't take sugar in my coffee";
    - consume, ingest, take in, have
  19. Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
    "We took a pay cut";
    - submit
  20. Make use of or accept for some purpose
    "take an opportunity"; "take a risk";
    - accept
  21. Take by force
  22. Occupy or take on
    - assume, strike, take up
  23. Admit into a group or community
    "take students for graduate study"; "take on students for graduate study";
    - accept, admit, take on
    "take a pulse"
  25. Be a student of a certain subject
    - learn, study, read
    "The hard work took its toll on her";
    - claim, exact
  27. Head into a specified direction
    "The escaped convict took to the hills";
    - make
    "Take a swipe at one's opponent"; "Please don't take aim at your little brother!";
    - aim, train, take aim, direct
  29. Be seized or affected in a specified way
    "take sick"
  30. Have with oneself; have on one's person
    "She always takes an umbrella";
    - carry, pack
  31. Engage for service under a term of contract
    "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?";
    - lease, rent, hire, charter, engage
  32. Receive or obtain regularly
    "We take the Times every day";
    - subscribe, subscribe to
  33. Buy, select
    "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
    "take shelter from the storm"
  35. Lay claim to; as of an idea
    "She took credit for the whole idea";
    - claim
  36. Be designed to hold or take
    "This surface will not take the dye";
    - accept
  37. Be capable of holding or containing
    "This box won't take all the items";
    - contain, hold
  38. Develop a habit
    "He took to visiting bars"
  39. (driving) proceed along in a vehicle
    "We take the turnpike to work";
    - drive
  40. Obtain by winning
    "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
  41. Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    "She took a chill";
    - contract, get
  42. [archaic] Have sex with
    - have [archaic]
Noun: take  teyk
    "the average take was about 5%";
    - return, issue, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff

Derived forms: taking, takes, took

See also: take apart, take away, take back, take in, take off, take on, take out, take over, take up

Type of: acquire, act, affirm, apply, assert, aver, avow, be, be intimate, become, bed, buy, carry, change, cinematography, come down, construe, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, decide, determine, do it, do work, employ, enter, expend, experience, feature, filming, find, get, get across, get it on, get over, go, have, have a go at it, have intercourse, have sex, head, income, incur, interpret, know [archaic], lie with [archaic], love, make love, make out, make up one's mind, make whoopee, motion-picture photography, move, nail [N. Amer], obtain, pass over, position, purchase, put down, receive, record, see, sicken, sleep together, sleep with, swan, swear, think about, track, transport, traverse, undergo, use, utilise [Brit], utilize, verify, win, work

Antonym: give

Encyclopedia: Take, Take, Take