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[ UK /tˈe‍ɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈteɪk/ ]
VERB
  1. make use of or accept for some purpose
    take an opportunity
    take a risk
  2. travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
    She takes Route 1 to Newark
    He takes the bus to work
  3. require (time or space)
    It took three hours to get to work this morning
    This event occupied a very short time
  4. to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
    take shelter from the storm
  5. head into a specified direction
    The escaped convict took to the hills
    We made for the mountains
  6. accept or undergo, often unwillingly
    We took a pay cut
  7. take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
    Consider the following case
    Take the case of China
  8. engage for service under a term of contract
    Let's rent a car
    We took an apartment on a quiet street
    Shall we take a guide in Rome?
  9. receive willingly something given or offered
    I won't have this dog in my house!
    The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter
    Please accept my present
  10. take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
    he adopted an air of superiority
    His voice took on a sad tone
    She assumed strange manners
    The story took a new turn
    The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
  11. point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
    He trained his gun on the burglar
    Take a swipe at one's opponent
    Please don't aim at your little brother!
    Don't train your camera on the women
  12. buy, select
    I'll take a pound of that sausage
  13. have with oneself; have on one's person
    She always takes an umbrella
    She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
    I always carry money
  14. develop a habit
    He took to visiting bars
  15. interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
    I read this address as a satire
    How should I take this message?
  16. require as useful, just, or proper
    It takes nerve to do what she did
    This job asks a lot of patience and skill
    success usually requires hard work
    This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
    This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
    This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
  17. take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
    This brings me to the main point
    Bring me the box from the other room
    Take these letters to the boss
  18. pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
    She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
    Take any one of these cards
    Choose a good husband for your daughter
  19. take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
    The hard work took its toll on her
    the accident claimed three lives
  20. occupy or take on
    She took up her position behind the tree
    strike a pose
    He assumes the lotus position
    We took our seats in the orchestra
    She took her seat on the stage
  21. admit into a group or community
    We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
    accept students for graduate study
  22. be designed to hold or take
    This surface will not take the dye
  23. lay claim to; as of an idea
    She took credit for the whole idea
  24. make a film or photograph of something
    take a scene
    shoot a movie
  25. experience or feel or submit to
    Take the plunge
    Take a test
  26. take by force
    Hitler took the Baltic Republics
    The army took the fort on the hill
  27. receive or obtain regularly
    We take the Times every day
  28. serve oneself to, or consume regularly
    I don't take sugar in my coffee
    Have another bowl of chicken soup!
  29. remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
    remove a wrapper
    take the gun from your pocket
    remove a threat
    This machine withdraws heat from the environment
    Remove the dirty dishes from the table
  30. have sex with; archaic use
    He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable
  31. carry out
    take action
    take vengeance
    take steps
  32. proceed along in a vehicle
    We drive the turnpike to work
  33. be a student of a certain subject
    She is reading for the bar exam
  34. take somebody somewhere
    can you take me to the main entrance?
    We lead him to our chief
    He conducted us to the palace
  35. obtain by winning
    Winner takes all
    He took first prize
  36. be seized or affected in a specified way
    be taken drunk
    take sick
  37. take into one's possession
    We are taking an orphan from Romania
    I'll take three salmon steaks
  38. ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
    A reading was taken of the earth's tremors
    take a pulse
  39. get into one's hands, take physically
    Take a cookie!
    Can you take this bag, please
  40. be capable of holding or containing
    This box won't take all the items
    The flask holds one gallon
  41. assume, as of positions or roles
    She took the job as director of development
    the young prince will soon occupy the throne
    he occupies the position of manager
  42. be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
    She came down with pneumonia
    He got AIDS
    She took a chill
NOUN
  1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
    the average return was about 5%
  2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
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  • Some were members of Turkey's elite military class known as "pashas," a title of respect harking back to Ottoman military commanders Monday for allegedly planning to blow up mosques in order to trigger a military takeover and overthrow the WN.com - Photown News
  • Which is stupid, considering the drivers around here A: Don't normally stop for people and in fact have been caught trying to sneak ~around~ them and B: I've been nicked several times and almost hit three times different instances last summer attempting to obey the biking laws, none of those for mistakes on my part as I've been scared shitless at the lack of aware driving that's crept over my town. The funny thing about Pain..... (Let's talk trauma!)
  • In this edition, such mistakes are corrected, and the original errata slips are also published.
  • When the moment finally comes, one look through his cataract lenses is all it takes. Christianity Today
  • During adolescence , boys and girls will take on secondary sexual characteristics.
  • He asked me bluntly, ‘Why would you want to leave private life and take on such a difficult, dangerous and probably thankless job?’
  • If there was any hope of holding on to even a shred of her dwindling self-respect, she should do exactly what she knew Margo would do—close the laptop, take her de-scrunchied, perfumed, and nearly thonged self down to the nearest club, pick up the first passably good-looking stranger who asked her to dance, and bring him back to the apartment for some safe but anonymous sex. Goodnight Tweetheart
  • So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?
  • So spake he, and Athene was mightily angered at heart, and chid Odysseus in wrathful words: ‘Odysseus, thou hast no more steadfast might nor any prowess, as when for nine whole years continually thou didst battle with the Trojans for high born Helen, of the white arms, and many men thou slewest in terrible warfare, and by thy device the wide-wayed city of Priam was taken. Book XXII
  • Pulling one back with another penalty - this time converted by the regular taker - they finally conceded a third. The Sun
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