take

Meanings

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
• the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
• carry out
  • "take action"
  • "take steps"
  • "take vengeance"
• require (time or space)
• take somebody somewhere
  • "can you take me to the main entrance?"
• get into one's hands, take physically
  • "Take a cookie!"
  • "Can you take this bag, please"
• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • "How should I take this message?"
  • "You can't take credit for this!"
• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
  • "Take these letters to the boss"
• take into one's possession
  • "I'll take three salmon steaks"
• 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"
• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
  • "Take any one of these cards"
• receive willingly something given or offered
• assume, as of positions or roles
• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
  • "Take the case of China"
• require as useful, just, or proper
  • "It takes nerve to do what she did"
• experience or feel or submit to
  • "Take a test"
  • "Take the plunge"
• make a film or photograph of something
  • "take a scene"
• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
  • "take the gun from your pocket"
• serve oneself to, or consume regularly
  • "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
• accept or undergo, often unwillingly
• make use of or accept for some purpose
  • "take a risk"
  • "take an opportunity"
• take by force
• occupy or take on
• admit into a group or community
• 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"
• be a student of a certain subject
• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
• head into a specified direction
• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
• be seized or affected in a specified way
  • "take sick"
  • "be taken drunk"
• have with oneself; have on one's person
  • "She always takes an umbrella"
• engage for service under a term of contract
  • "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
• receive or obtain regularly
  • "We take the Times every day"
• buy, select
  • "I'll take a pound of that sausage"
• to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
  • "take shelter from the storm"
• have sex with; archaic use
  • "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
• lay claim to; as of an idea
• be designed to hold or take
  • "This surface will not take the dye"
• be capable of holding or containing
  • "This box won't take all the items"
• develop a habit
• proceed along in a vehicle
• obtain by winning
  • "Winner takes all"
• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

Synonyms

accept, acquire, admit, adopt, aim, ask, assume, bring, call for, carry, charter, choose, claim, conduct, consider, consume, contain, contract, convey, deal, demand, direct, drive, engage, exact, fill, film, get, get hold of, guide, have, hire, hold, ingest, involve, issue, lead, learn, lease, look at, make, necessitate, need, occupy, pack, payoff, pick out, postulate, proceeds, read, remove, rent, require, return, select, shoot, strike, study, submit, subscribe, subscribe to, take aim, take away, take in, take on, take up, takings, train, use up, withdraw, yield