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English noun: take | |||
| 1. | take (possession) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | ||
| Samples | The average return was about 5%. | ||
| Synonyms | issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | income | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | economic rent, payback, rent | ||
| 2. | take (act) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cinematography, filming, motion-picture photography | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | retake | ||
English verb: take | |||
| 1. | take (social) carry out | ||
| Samples | Take action. Take steps. Take vengeance. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | act, move | ||
| 2. | take (possession) require (time or space) | ||
| Samples | It took three hours to get to work this morning. This event occupied a very short time. | ||
| Examples | They take a long time | ||
| Synonyms | occupy, use up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | expend, use | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | be | ||
| Verb group | consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out | ||
| 3. | take (motion) take somebody somewhere | ||
| Samples | We lead him to our chief. Can you take me to the main entrance?. He conducted us to the palace. | ||
| Synonyms | conduct, direct, guide, lead | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beacon, hand, lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mislead, show, usher | ||
| 4. | take (contact) get into one's hands, take physically | ||
| Samples | Take a cookie!. Can you take this bag, please. | ||
| Examples | The children take the ball | ||
| Synonyms | get hold of | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clutch, prehend, seize, seize | ||
| 5. | take (change) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | acquire, adopt, assume, take on | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | re-assume | ||
| 6. | take (cognition) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | ||
| Samples | I read this address as a satire. How should I take this message?. You can't take credit for this!. | ||
| Synonyms | read | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | construe, interpret, see | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | misinterpret, misread | ||
| Verb group | read, read | ||
| 7. | take (motion) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere | ||
| Samples | Bring me the box from the other room. Take these letters to the boss. This brings me to the main point. | ||
| Examples | They take the food to the people, They take the people the food | ||
| Synonyms | bring, convey | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carry, transport | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bring back, carry, channel, conduct, convey, ferry, fetch, impart, land, return, take back, transit, transmit, tube, whisk | ||
| Entail | come, come up | ||
| Verb group | bring, bring, convey, fetch, get | ||
| 8. | take (possession) take into one's possession | ||
| Samples | We are taking an orphan from Romania. I'll take three salmon steaks. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accept, adopt, assume, attach, bear, call back, call in, collect, confiscate, deprive, divest, grab, impound, pocket, recall, repossess, seize, sequester, sequester, snaffle, snap up, strip, take away, take back, take in, take in, take over, unburden, withdraw | ||
| Antonyms | give | ||
| 9. | take (motion) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route | ||
| Samples | He takes the bus to work. She takes Route 1 to Newark. | ||
| Examples | The men take the boat | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize | ||
| 10. | take (cognition) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | They take him to write the letter | ||
| Synonyms | choose, pick out, select | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decide, determine, make up one's mind | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adopt, anoint, assign, cream off, cull out, define, determine, dial, draw, elect, elect, empanel, espouse, excerpt, extract, field, fix, follow, go, impanel, limit, nominate, panel, pick, pick over, plump, propose, screen, screen out, set, set apart, sieve, sieve, sieve out, sift, single out, skim off, sort, specify, specify, take out, think of, vote, vote in, winnow | ||
| 11. | take (possession) receive willingly something given or offered | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | accept, have | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accept, admit, adopt, borrow, honor, honour, take, take on, take over, take up, welcome | ||
| Verb group | have, receive | ||
| Antonyms | pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject | ||
| 12. | take (social) assume, as of positions or roles | ||
| Samples | She took the job as director of development. He occupies the position of manager. The young prince will soon occupy the throne. | ||
| Synonyms | fill, occupy | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | do work, work | ||
| Verb group | assume, strike, take, take up | ||
| 13. | take (cognition) take into consideration for exemplifying purposes | ||
| Samples | Take the case of China. Consider the following case. | ||
| Synonyms | consider, deal, look at | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | think about | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abstract, contemplate, dally, play, trifle, warm to | ||
| 14. | take (stative) require as useful, just, or proper | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | claim, compel, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, govern, take | ||
| Verb group | claim, exact, take | ||
| Antonyms | obviate, rid of, eliminate | ||
| 15. | take (perception) experience or feel or submit to | ||
| Samples | Take a test. Take the plunge. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience, get, have, receive | ||
| Verb group | submit, take | ||
| 16. | take (communication) make a film or photograph of something | ||
| Samples | Take a scene. Shoot a movie. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot take Sue | ||
| Synonyms | film, shoot | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enter, put down, record | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | reshoot | ||
| Verb group | photograph, shoot, snap | ||
| Domain category | film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show | ||
| 17. | take (change) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | They want to take the doors | ||
| Synonyms | remove, take away, withdraw | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ablate, amputate, aspirate, bail, bail out, bale out, bear away, bear off, bone, brush, bur, burl, burr, cancel, carry away, carry off, carve out, cast, cast off, chip away, chip away at, circumcise, clean, clean, clean, clean, clean, clear, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear up, condense, cream, cream off, crumb, cut into, cut off, de-iodinate, de-ionate, debone, decalcify, decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize, decoke, decorticate, defang, defuse, degas, dehorn, delete, delouse, delve, demineralise, demineralize, depilate, descale, desorb, detoxicate, detoxify, detusk, dig, dig, disburden, discharge, disembowel, disinvest, dislodge, dismantle, divest, draw, draw, draw, draw, draw, draw away, draw off, draw off, draw out, draw out, dredge, drive out, drop, eliminate, empty, enucleate, enucleate, epilate, eviscerate, eviscerate, excavate, exenterate, expectorate, extirpate, extract, flick, free, get out, gut, harvest, head, hollow, hull, husk, hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize, knock out, lade, laden, ladle, leach, leach, lift, lift, lift, lift out, muck, offsaddle, pick, pick, pit, pull, pull, pull, pull off, pull out, pull out, pull up, ream, resect, scale, scalp, scavenge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, seed, shake off, shed, shell, shell, shuck, shuck, skim, skim off, spoon, stem, stone, string, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, strip, suck out, take away, take away, take off, take out, take out, take out, take out, take out, take out, take out, take up, tear away, tear off, throw, throw away, throw off, tip, turn over, tusk, unburden, undock, undress, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, wash, wash away, wash off, wash out, wear away, wear off, weed, winnow, wipe away, wipe off, withdraw | ||
| 18. | take (consumption) serve oneself to, or consume regularly | ||
| Samples | Have another bowl of chicken soup!. I don't take sugar in my coffee. | ||
| Examples | They take the cake with sugar | ||
| Synonyms | consume, have, ingest, take in | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | booze, cannibalise, cannibalize, do drugs, drink, drink, drug, eat, eat, eat, feed, fill, fuddle, get down, habituate, hit, imbibe, partake, replete, sample, sate, satiate, smoke, sop up, suck in, sup, swallow, take in, take up, taste, touch, try, try out, use | ||
| Antonyms | desist, abstain, refrain | ||
| 19. | take (cognition) accept or undergo, often unwillingly | ||
| Samples | We took a pay cut. | ||
| Synonyms | submit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | undergo | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | test | ||
| Verb group | take | ||
| 20. | take (possession) make use of or accept for some purpose | ||
| Samples | Take a risk. Take an opportunity. | ||
| Synonyms | accept | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | co-opt | ||
| 21. | take (possession) take by force | ||
| Samples | Hitler took the Baltic Republics. The army took the fort on the hill. | ||
| Examples | They take the hill | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arrogate, assume, despoil, extort, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, plunder, ransack, reave, recapture, relieve, rescue, retake, rifle, sack, scale, seize, steal, strip, take over, usurp | ||
| 22. | take (motion) occupy or take on | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Examples | The men take the horses across the field | ||
| Synonyms | assume, strike, take up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Verb group | fill, occupy, take | ||
| 23. | take (possession) admit into a group or community | ||
| Samples | Accept students for graduate study. We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot take Sue | ||
| Synonyms | accept, admit, take on | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accept, have, take | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | profess | ||
| Verb group | admit, include, let in | ||
| 24. | take (change) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial | ||
| Samples | Take a pulse. A reading was taken of the earth's tremors. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | find, get, incur, obtain, receive | ||
| 25. | take (cognition) be a student of a certain subject | ||
| Samples | She is reading for the bar exam. | ||
| Synonyms | learn, read, study | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | audit, drill, exercise, practice, practise, prepare, train | ||
| 26. | take (communication) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs | ||
| Samples | The accident claimed three lives. The hard work took its toll on her. | ||
| Synonyms | claim, exact | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | ||
| Verb group | ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | ||
| 27. | take (motion) head into a specified direction | ||
| Samples | The escaped convict took to the hills. We made for the mountains. | ||
| Synonyms | make | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | head | ||
| 28. | take (competition) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | aim, direct, take aim, train | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | position | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aim, charge, direct, draw a bead on, hold, level, level, place, point, point, sight, swing, target, turn | ||
| 29. | take (change) be seized or affected in a specified way | ||
| Samples | Take sick. Be taken drunk. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s Adjective | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | become, get, go | ||
| 30. | take (stative) have with oneself; have on one's person | ||
| Samples | She always takes an umbrella. I always carry money. She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains. | ||
| Examples | They take more bread | ||
| Synonyms | carry, pack | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feature, have | ||
| Verb group | carry | ||
| 31. | take (possession) engage for service under a term of contract | ||
| Samples | We took an apartment on a quiet street. Let's rent a car. Shall we take a guide in Rome?. | ||
| Synonyms | charter, engage, hire, lease, rent | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s something from somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||
| 32. | take (possession) receive or obtain regularly | ||
| Samples | We take the Times every day. | ||
| Synonyms | subscribe, subscribe to | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buy, purchase | ||
| 33. | take (possession) buy, select | ||
| Samples | I'll take a pound of that sausage. | ||
| Examples | They take the newspapers | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | buy, purchase | ||
| Domain category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||
| 34. | take (possession) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort | ||
| Samples | Take shelter from the storm. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| 35. | take (contact) have sex with; archaic use | ||
| Samples | He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable. | ||
| Synonyms | have | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | ||
| 36. | take (communication) lay claim to; as of an idea | ||
| Samples | She took credit for the whole idea. | ||
| Synonyms | claim | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear, verify | ||
| Verb group | arrogate, claim, lay claim | ||
| Antonyms | disclaim | ||
| 37. | take (stative) be designed to hold or take | ||
| Samples | This surface will not take the dye. | ||
| Synonyms | accept | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| 38. | take (stative) be capable of holding or containing | ||
| Samples | This box won't take all the items. The flask holds one gallon. | ||
| Synonyms | contain, hold | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | be | ||
| Verb group | accommodate, admit, bear, carry, contain, hold, hold | ||
| 39. | take (social) develop a habit | ||
| Samples | He took to visiting bars. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| 40. | take (motion) proceed along in a vehicle | ||
| Samples | We drive the turnpike to work. | ||
| Synonyms | drive | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse | ||
| Verb group | drive, drive, drive, motor | ||
| Domain category | driving | ||
| 41. | take (competition) obtain by winning | ||
| Samples | Winner takes all. He took first prize. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | win | ||
| 42. | take (body) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | ||
| Samples | He got AIDS. She came down with pneumonia. She took a chill. | ||
| Synonyms | contract, get | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come down, sicken | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | catch | ||
| Verb group | catch | ||
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