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Adjective: taken teykun- Understood in a certain way; made sense of
"a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent" - interpreted - Be affected with an indisposition
"the child was taken ill"; "couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk" Verb: take (took,taken) teyk- Carry out
"take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" - Require (time or space)
"It took three hours to get to work this morning" - occupy, use up - Take somebody somewhere
"can you take me to the main entrance?" - lead, direct, conduct, guide - Get into one's hands, take physically
"Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please" - get hold of - Take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
"His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn" - assume, acquire, adopt, take on - 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!" - read - Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
"Take these letters to the boss" - bring, convey - Take into one's possession
"We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "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" - choose, select, pick out - Receive willingly something given or offered
- accept, have - Assume, as of positions or roles
"She took the job as director of development" - fill, occupy - Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
"Take the case of China" - consider, deal, look at - Require as useful, just, or proper
"It takes nerve to do what she did" - necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand - Experience or feel or submit to
"Take a test"; "Take the plunge" - Make a film or photograph of something
"take a scene" - film, shoot - Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
"take the gun from your pocket" - remove, take away, withdraw - Serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"I don't take sugar in my coffee" - consume, ingest, take in, have - Accept or undergo, often unwillingly
"We took a pay cut" - submit - Make use of or accept for some purpose
"take a risk"; "take an opportunity" - accept - Take by force
"Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" - Occupy or take on
"She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree" - assume, strike, take up - Admit into a group or community
- accept, admit, take on - Ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
"take a pulse" - Be a student of a certain subject
- learn, study, read - Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
"The hard work took its toll on her" - claim, exact - Head into a specified direction
"The escaped convict took to the hills" - make - Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
"Take a swipe at one's opponent" - aim, train, take aim, direct - Be seized or affected in a specified way
"take sick" - Have with oneself; have on one's person
"She always takes an umbrella" - carry, pack - 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 - Receive or obtain regularly
"We take the Times every day" - subscribe, subscribe to - 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" - Lay claim to; as of an idea
"She took credit for the whole idea" - claim - Be designed to hold or take
"This surface will not take the dye" - accept - Be capable of holding or containing
"This box won't take all the items" - contain, hold - Develop a habit
"He took to visiting bars" - Proceed along in a vehicle
- drive - Obtain by winning
"Winner takes all"; "He took first prize" - Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
"She took a chill" - contract, get - [archaic] Have sex with
- have [archaic]
See also: affected, take apart, take away, take back, take in, take off, take on, take out, take over, take up, taker, taking, understood Type of: acquire, act, affirm, apply, assert, aver, avow, be, be intimate, become, bed, bonk [Brit], buy, carry, change, come down, construe, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, decide, determine, do it, do work, employ, enter, expend, experience, feature, find, get, get across, get it on, get over, go, have, have a go at it, have intercourse, have sex, head, incur, interpret, know [archaic], lie with [archaic], love, make love, make out, make up one's mind, make whoopee, move, obtain, pass over, position, purchase, put down, receive, record, roll in the hay, 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, Take Taken |