Take Definition and Meaning

To acquire possession, control, or occupancy of something.

To consume food, drink, medicine, or other substances.

To accept or receive something offered or given.

To choose or select one option from multiple choices.

To require or need a certain amount of time.

To undergo or participate in an activity or event.

To capture or gain control in a game or competition.

To carry out a specific action or perform a task.

To endure or withstand a situation or condition.

To make use of an opportunity or chance.

To grasp or grip

To capture physically; seize

To seize with authority or legal right

(Sports) To catch or receive (a ball or puck)

Sports & Games To acquire in a game or competition; win

Sports & Games To defeat

To remove with the hands or an instrument

To subtract

To exact

To deal a blow to; strike or hit

To delight or captivate

To catch or affect with a particular action

To carry in one's possession

To convey by transportation

To lead or cause to go along to another place

To be as a path or course for; provide a way for

To put (food or drink, for example) into the body; eat or drink

To draw in; inhale

To expose one's body to (healthful or pleasurable treatment, for example)

To move into or assume occupancy of

To choose for one's own use; avail oneself of the use of

To require the use of (something)

To use or require (time)

To use (something) as a means of conveyance or transportation

To use (something) as a means of safety or refuge

To choose and then adopt (a particular route or direction) while on foot or while operating a vehicle

To undertake, make, or perform

To perceive or become aware of by one of the senses

To commit and apply oneself to the study of

To study for with success

To accept (something owed, offered, or given) either reluctantly or willingly

To allow to come in; give access or admission to; admit

To provide room for; accommodate

To become saturated or impregnated with (dye, for example).

To submit to (something inflicted); undergo or suffer

To put up with; endure or tolerate

To receive into a particular relation or association, as into one's care or keeping

To assume for oneself

To agree to undertake or engage in (a task or duty, for example)

(Baseball) To refrain from swinging at (a pitched ball).

To be affected with; catch

To be hit or penetrated by

To withstand

To require or have as a fitting or proper accompaniment

To accept as true; believe

To impose upon oneself; subject oneself to

To follow or adhere to (advice or a suggestion, for example).

To accept or adopt as one's own

To regard or consider in a particular relation or from a particular viewpoint

To understand or interpret

To consider to be equal to; reckon

To perceive or feel; experience

To obtain from a source; derive or draw

To obtain, as through measurement or a specified procedure

To write or make a record of, especially in shorthand or cursive writing

To create (an image, likeness, or representation), as by photography

To include or distribute (a charge) in a financial record.

(Informal) To swindle, defraud, or cheat

To get something into one's possession; acquire possession

To accept or receive something

To have the intended effect; operate or work

To start growing; root or germinate

To engage or mesh; catch, as gears or other mechanical parts.

To gain popularity or favor

(Regional) To begin or engage in an activity

To become

A quantity collected at one time, especially the amount of profit or receipts taken on a business venture or from ticket sales at a sporting event.

A scene filmed without interrupting the run of the camera.

A recording made in a single session.

A performer's reaction, especially to a specific situation or remark, as part of a comedy routine. Often used in combination

A physical reaction, such as a rash, indicating a successful vaccination.

A successful graft.

An attempt or a try

An interpretation or assessment, as of an event

(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.

(transitive) To seize or capture.

(transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).

To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.

(transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.

(transitive) To exact.

(transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.

(transitive) To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).

(transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.

(transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc).

(transitive) To receive into some relationship.

To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).

(transitive) To remove.

(transitive) To subtract.

(transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

(transitive) To grasp or grip.

(transitive) To select or choose; to pick.

(transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.

(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).

To transport or carry; to convey to another place.

To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.

(transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.

(transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).

(reflexive) To go.

(transitive) To use as a means of transportation.

(obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.

(transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.

(transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.

(transitive) To consume.

(transitive) To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.

(transitive) To partake of (food or drink); to consume.

(transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.

(transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.

(transitive) To experience or feel.

(transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).

(transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).

(transitive) To participate in.

(transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

(transitive) To regard in a specified way.

(transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.

(transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).

(transitive) To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).

(transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.

(transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

(transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).

(transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.

(transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).

(transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).

(transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.

To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).

To let in (water).

(transitive) To require.

(transitive) To proceed to fill.

(transitive) To fill, to use up (time or space).

(transitive) To avail oneself of.

(transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).

(transitive) To assume (a form).

(transitive) To perform (a role).

(transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).

(transitive) To bind oneself by.

(transitive) To move into.

(transitive) To go into, through, or along.

(transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.

(transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

(transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.

(transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).

To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).

(transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

To apply oneself to the study of.

(transitive) To deal with.

(transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.

To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

(transitive) To accept as an input to a relation.

To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).

To accept (zero or more arguments).

(intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.

(intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.

(Of ink; dye; etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.

To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to take root, take hold.

To catch; to engage.

To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.

To have the intended effect.

To become; to be affected in a specified way.

To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

An intensifier.

To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).

To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

The or an act of taking.

Something that is taken; a haul.

Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.

The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.

An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.

An approach, a (distinct) treatment.

(film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.

(music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.

A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.

(medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.

A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).

(printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

Taken.

In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey.

To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take an army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; - said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.

In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.

To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.

To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.

To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene.

To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.

To receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.

To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head.

To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat; it takes five hours to get to Boston from New York by car.

Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.

To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take a picture of a person.

To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.

To draw; to deduce; to derive.

To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; - used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.

To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; - used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape.

To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.

To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery; he took a dictionary with him.

To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; - with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.

To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take.

To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; - usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.

To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.

That which is taken, such as the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch, or the amouont of money collected during one event; as, the box-office take.

The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

The income arising from land or other property;

The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

Carry out;

As of time or space;

Take somebody somewhere;

Get into one's hands, take physically;

Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression;

Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere;

Take into one's possession;

Pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;

Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route;

Receive willingly something given or offered;

Assume, as of positions or roles;

Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;

Experience or feel or submit to;

Make a film or photograph of something;

Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;

Serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

Accept or undergo, often unwillingly;

Make use of or accept for some purpose;

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;

Be a student of a certain subject;

Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

Head into a specified direction;

Aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Be seized or affected in a specified way;

Have with oneself; have on one's person;

Engage for service under a term of contract;

Receive or obtain by regular payment;

Buy, select;

To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort;

Lay claim to; as of an idea;

Be designed to hold or take;

Be capable of holding or containing;

Develop a habit;

Proceed along in a vehicle;

Obtain by winning;

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

To quickly take (something) in a rude or eager way.

To take hold of suddenly and forcibly.

To buy or obtain (an object or asset) for oneself.

To get, acquire, or secure (something).

To lift (someone or something) up; to acquire.

To take into one's possession or control by force.

To obtain, achieve, or earn (something).

To take hold of or seize suddenly and roughly.

To bring or gather together (things, typically when scattered or widespread).

To bring together and take in from scattered places or sources.

To fail to appreciate the value of something or someone.

To cause harm or damage.

To relax or calm down.

To assume a leading position or role.

To consider something to be not completely true or right.

To quickly show a liking for someone or something.

To be the most outstanding or extreme example of something.

To commit oneself to a course of action about which one is nervous.

To choose not to be in a position of leadership in a particular situation.

To bravely accept criticism, punishment, or defeat.

To diminish someone's enthusiasm or confidence.

To guide, protect, or mentor someone.

To suffer damage or loss.

To carefully consider a situation, person, or problem.

To demonstrate or protest publicly.

To confront a problem directly and boldly.

To lessen an intense or negative feeling.

To endure something unpleasant for the sake of the group.

To emulate or imitate someone in a particular trait or action.

Can you take this bag to the car for me?

I'll take the stairs instead of the elevator.

They take the bus to school every day.

Take your time; there's no rush.

She couldn't take the noise in the crowded cafe.

Can you take the dog for a walk?

He's planning to take a trip to Europe next summer.

Please take a seat while you wait.

He decided to take a break after two hours of study.

I'm going to take a nap this afternoon.

Let's take a walk in the park.

We should take a picture of this beautiful sunset.

Take care of yourself while I'm away.