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take in WordNet English dictionaryverb- receive willingly something given or offered
"The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" accept take have
- admit into a group or community
"accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" accept admit take take on
- make use of or accept for some purpose
"take a risk"; "take an opportunity" take accept
- be designed to hold or take
"This surface will not take the dye" accept take
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
"His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" assume acquire adopt take on take
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
"Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" aim take train take aim direct
- require as useful, just, or proper
"It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" necessitate ask postulate need require take involve call for demand
- occupy or take on
"He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" assume take strike take up
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
"Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" bring convey take
- have with oneself; have on one's person
"She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" carry pack take
- engage for service under a term of contract
"We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" lease rent hire charter engage take
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
"Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" choose take select pick out
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
"the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" claim take exact
- lay claim to; as of an idea
"She took credit for the whole idea" claim take
- take somebody somewhere
"We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" lead take direct conduct guide
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
"Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" consider take deal look at
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee" consume ingest take in take have
- be capable of holding or containing
"This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" contain take hold
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" contract take get
- proceed along in a vehicle
"We drive the turnpike to work" drive take
- assume, as of positions or roles
"She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne" fill take occupy
- make a film or photograph of something
"take a scene"; "shoot a movie" film shoot take
- get into one's hands, take physically
"Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" take get hold of
- have sex with; archaic use
"He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" take have
- be a student of a certain subject
"She is reading for the bar exam" learn study read take
- head into a specified direction
"The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" take make
- require (time or space)
"It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" take occupy use up
- 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?"; "You can't take credit for this!" take read
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
"remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" remove take take away withdraw
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
"We took a pay cut" take submit
- receive or obtain regularly
"We take the Times every day" subscribe subscribe to take
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
"take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" take
- be seized or affected in a specified way
"take sick"; "be taken drunk" take
- obtain by winning
"Winner takes all"; "He took first prize" take
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
"He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark" take
- experience or feel or submit to
"Take a test"; "Take the plunge" take
- take into one's possession
"We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" take
- take by force
"Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" take
- buy, select
"I'll take a pound of that sausage" take
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
"take shelter from the storm" take
- carry out
"take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" take
- develop a habit
"He took to visiting bars" take
noun- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
"the average return was about 5%" return issue take takings proceeds yield payoff
- the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
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