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Definition: Take |
TakeNoun1. The income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%". 2. The act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption. Verb1. Carry out: "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance". 2. As of time or space: "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time". 3. Take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace". 4. Get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!" "Can you take this bag, please". 5. 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". 6. 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!". 7. Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; also metaphorical, as in "This brings me to the main point". 8. Take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks". 9. 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". 10. : 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". 11. : 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". 12. : 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". 13. : assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development". 14. : consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case". 15. : experience or feel; submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge". 16. : make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie". 17. : remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; 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". 18. : serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee". 19. : accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut". 20. : make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity". 21. : take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill". 22. : occupy or take on, as of a position or posture; "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". 23. : 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". 24. : ascertain or determine by measuring, computing, etc.: "take a pulse"; take a reading from a dial: "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors". 25. : be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam". 26. : 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". 27. : head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains". 28. : aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "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". 29. : be seized in a specified way; "take sick", "be taken drunk". 30. : 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". 31. : engage in a commercial transaction; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?". 32. : receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day". 33. : buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage". 34. : to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm". 35. : have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable". 36. : lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea". 37. : be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye". 38. : be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon". 39. : develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars". 40. : proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work". 41. : obtain by winning: "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize". 42. : be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "take" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Take \Take\, transitive verb. [imperfect Took; past participle Takend; Taking.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | TAKE, v.t. To acquire, frequently by force but preferably by stealth. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Fine Arts | Single recording of a shoot. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | The amount of positive result or success, e. g. of usable transplants, rooted cuttings, grafts, infected hosts(in inoculation trials). Source: European Union. (references) |
| L. the proportion of a batch of grafts which has united successfully. 2. to form a union. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Geography | In Canada, a river is said to "take" when it gets frozen. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A mineral bearing area which a mine is permitted to work. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A. A mineral-bearing area that a mine is permitted to work. Also called holding; parcel; taking b. The area or extent of coal that a coal mine owner has the right, under a lease, to mine and extract. See also:concession system; royalty c. Eng. The extent or area of a lease of mineral property, often several thousand acres. (references) | |
Slang | Verb. Source: To take it to the basket. Definition: To dribble drive or penetrate to the basket from the perimeter by first getting past the defensive player. Context: Would be used by a players teammates after that player has just driven to the basket, like, "Nice take" and would be used in the same form by the defender who had been "taken" as a sign of respect and or appreciation. Social Source: Basketball Players. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Adopt, Take. "What course will you take?" is better than "What course will you adopt?" Source: Slips of Speech. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| TACAMO | English | Take Charge And Move Out | Military & Defense |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: TakeSynonyms: issue (n), payoff (n), proceeds (n), return (n), takings (n), yield (n), accept (v), acquire (v), admit (v), adopt (v), aim (v), ask (v), assume (v), bring (v), call for (v), carry (v), charter (v), choose (v), claim (v), conduct (v), consider (v), consume (v), contain (v), contract (v), convey (v), deal (v), demand (v), direct (v), drive (v), engage (v), exact (v), fill (v), film (v), get (v), get hold of (v), guide (v), have (v), hire (v), hold (v), ingest (v), involve (v), lead (v), learn (v), lease (v), look at (v), make (v), necessitate (v), need (v), occupy (v), pack (v), pick out (v), read (v), remove (v), rent (v), require (v), select (v), shoot (v), strike (v), study (v), submit (v), subscribe (v), subscribe to (v), take aim (v), take away (v), take in (v), take on (v), take up (v), train (v), undergo (v), use up (v), withdraw (v). (additional references) |
| Antonyms: abstain (v), disclaim (v), give (v), obviate (v), refuse (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Acquisition | Treasure up; (store); realize, clear; produce; take. |
Belief | Think, hold; take, take it; opine, be of opinion, conceive, trow, ween, fancy, apprehend; have it, hold a belief, possess, entertain a belief, adopt a belief, imbibe a belief, embrace a belief, get hold of a belief, hazard, foster, nurture a belief, cherish a belief, have an opinion, hold an opinion, possess, entertain an opinion, adopt an opinion, imbibe an opinion, embrace an opinion, get hold of an opinion, hazard an opinion, foster an opinion, nurture an opinion, cherish an opinion; n. |
Borrowing | Hire, rent, farm; take a lease, take a demise; take by the hour, take by the mile, take by the year; hire by the hour, hire by the mile, hire by the year; adopt, apply, appropriate, imitate, make use of, take. |
Food | Verb: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble. |
Intelligibility | Understand, comprehend, take, take in; catch, grasp, follow, collect, master, make out; see with half an eye, see daylight, see one's way; enter into the ideas of; come to an understanding. |
Knowledge | Conceive; apprehend, comprehend; take, realize, understand, savvy, appreciate; fathom, make out; recognize, discern, perceive, see, get a sight-of, experience. |
Pain | Please, charm, delight, becharm, imparadise; gladden; (make cheerful); take, captivate, fascinate; enchant, entrance, enrapture, transport, bewitch; enravish. |
Receipt | Verb: receive; take money; draw from, derive from; acquire; take. |
Receiving | Verb: receive; take; acquire; admit. |
Success | Answer, answer the purpose; avail, prevail, take effect, do, turn out well, work well, take, tell, bear fruit; hit it, hit the mark, hit the right nail on the head; nick it; turn up trumps, make a hit; find one's account in. |
Taking | Clutch, swoop, wrench; grip; (retention); haul, take, catch; scramble. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Did not just take out that chair (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz) Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) But it helps me remember and I need to remember Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world I feel like I can't take it, like my heart's going to cave in. (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) You already know if I'm going to take it (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Who will take care of me my love, my dark angel, when you are gone (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) | |
Lyrics | Take on me, take me on (Take On Me; performing artist: A-ha) Take it to the limit one more time (Take It To The Limit; performing artist: EAGLES) Could you wanna take my picture (Take A Picture; performing artist: Filter) Take your time, take your, take your time (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT) Can't take my eyes off of you. (Can't Take My Eyes Off of You; performing artist: Lauryn Hill) | |
Clever | Grief can take care of itself; but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. (references; author: Mark Twain) 1968: Take acid. 1998: Take antacid. (references; author: unknown) Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. (references; author: unknown) Some people take too much of vitamin "I". (references; author: unknown) Let nature take its course, and hope it passes. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Every Breath You Take (2003) Take Time with Noel Harrison (1974) The Take (1974) Take Me High (1973) Go for a Take (1972) | |
Song Titles | Take Five (performing artist: The Dave Brubeck Quartet) Can't Take My Eyes Off of You (performing artist: Frankie Valli) I'll Take You There (performing artist: General Public) We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off (performing artist: Jermaine Stewart) Take Me Home Country Roads (performing artist: John Denver) | |
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Pictured are instruments used in endoscopy. They are highlighted in an otherwise dark picture and lying on a textured cloth. Shown are flexible fibers, a small brush and a third instrument in some photos. The fibers transmit high intensity light through the endoscope shown. The brushes are used to take biopsies. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | Pictured is a physician using a remotely controlled endoscope. He is looking through a microscope-like eyepiece to monitor his actions while using small brushes and knives to take a biopsy. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). | ||
Cotton treated with 0.5% Permethrin is collected by rodents to take back to their nests to kill fleas, preventing the transmission of Bubonic Plague & Colorado Tick Fever by such fleas and ticks to other rodents and people. Credit: CDC. | Harold R. Wetmore pouring a cell suspension into a flask used to take samples for conducting cell counts. Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | "Ethane" by Daniel Bentham and Staffan Björkenstam. Use the Scrollbar to vary A and C. High resolution, may take a few seconds to generate. | ![]() | "Asterias" by Rainer Wonisch. Very high resolution; might take a few seconds to generate. |
![]() | Civil Tilt Rotor Take Off. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Effect of TwinJet Exhausts in Simulation Take Off. Credit: NASA. |
![]() | Rockets or JATO Jet Assisted Take Off Units. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Bush plane that will never take off again Triangulation party of Norman Sylar. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
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| "Take The Heat" by Mari Stobie Commentary: "Slightly lens-distorted self-portrait." | "Take a ride on a Enfield" by Yvan Lagarrigue Commentary: "Born to be wild ..." |
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| Play | Caption |
| Jet take off; jet engine; airplane take off; the afterburn of a jet after takeoff. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Andrew Jackson | Never take counsel of your fears. |
Anonymous Miscellaneous | Give me today, and take tomorrow. |
Francois Rabelais | We will take the good will for the deed. |
John Donne | Take heed of loving me. |
Lord Chesterfield | Take the tone of the company you are in. |
Publilius Syrus | Take care that no one hates you justly. |
Robert Browning | Take away love and our earth is a tomb. |
St. Augustine | Take up, read! Take up, read! |
Vittorio Alfieri | Liars are always ready to take oaths. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | No sheriff or bailiff of ours, or other person, shall take the horses or carts of any freeman for transport duty, against the will of the said freeman. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | No body can give more power than he has himself; and he that cannot take away his own life, cannot give another power over it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 8: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Section. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2005 | No law, varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives, shall take effect, until an election of representatives shall have intervened. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | To prescribe, or to take this oath, becomes equally a crime. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Let us now take wage-labour. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | This renunciation shall take effect as from August 3, 1914. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Do not let us take the course of allowing events to drift along until it is too late. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | He came with Mrs. Weston, to whom and to Highbury he seemed to take very cordially |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | You will take account of the rate of work, the lightness of the scarves, and their warmth |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Take me back |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Even little babes, when I take them in my arms, weep bitterly |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The counterfeits of the past take assumed names, and are fond of calling themselves the future |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Please come and take me home |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Nothing but songs of death? [He strikes him] There, take thou that till thou bring better news |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Take it or leave it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I begged he would forbear applying that word to me, and take the same order in his family, and among his friends whom he suffered to see me. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Take shelter under the cloud, while they flee to carts and sheds |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Take insulin more often. (references) | |
Nits may take 30 days to hatch. (references) | ||
Take acid-reducing medications. (references) | ||
Business | Formal greetings can take several minutes. (references) | |
The procedure can take more than ten years. (references) | ||
Telkom is gearing up to take on competition. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | Students in grade 10 also were required to take the ESLCE exam during the year. (references) |
Lebanon | Many children, particularly in rural areas, take jobs at a young age to help support their families. (references) | |
Italy | Both public and private social workers counsel abused children and are authorized to take action to protect them. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Georgia | The owners stated that in return they were forced to take $50,000 (100,000 GEL) in cash. (references) |
Argentina | The article did not take effect until 1999, thus affecting the 2000 and 2001 school years. (references) | |
Russia | TV-6 had hired a number of NTV journalists who had quit NTV to protest Gazprom's take over. (references) | |
Economic History | Indonesia | This licensing process can take months. (references) |
Russia | The registration can take up to ten days. (references) | |
Costa Rica | Imports from Chile take place from January to July. (references) | |
Human Rights | Georgia | All judges take the exams. (references) |
Syria | The searches take place without warrants. (references) | |
Ukraine | Complicated cases may take years to go to trial. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Panama | Indigenous people have legal rights and take part in decisions affecting their lands, cultures, traditions, and the allocation of natural resources. (references) |
Suriname | The leaders threatened to isolate the western part of the country if the Government did not take measures against uncontrolled logging near indigenous villages. (references) | |
Mexico | In commercial transactions, bilingual middlemen take advantage frequently of non-Spanish speakers who also have difficulty finding employment in Spanish-speaking areas. (references) | |
Minorities | Bhutan | Refugee groups are concerned that at the present rate, verification will take several years. (references) |
Spain | Through their web pages, these groups urged others to take violent action against all immigrants of North African descent. (references) | |
Japan | In 1999 the Hakodate municipal government began to allow foreign residents to take employment tests for all city jobs except firefighters. (references) | |
Political Economy | THAILAND | Patent examinations can take more than five years. (references) |
CZECH REPUBLIC | By law, strikes may take place only after mediation efforts fail. (references) | |
HONDURAS | This increase will take effect upon its approval by the Honduran Congress. (references) | |
Political Rights | Iran | Vigorous parliamentary debates take place regarding various issues. (references) |
Georgia | Ajara's authorities have claimed that regional laws must take precedence over national laws. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | One CPDS candidate was elected; however, he continued to refuse to take his seat during the year. (references) | |
Trade | Kenya | The process can take up to three years. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | Dollar based transactions may take longer. (references) | |
China | Banks can generally be found to take this small risk. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Buses take 3 1/2 hours, with a rest stop. (references) |
Djibouti | It is advisable to take anti-malarial medication. (references) | |
Poland | Almost all business hotels take major credit cards. (references) | |
Women | Malaysia | Muslim couples are required to take premarital courses. (references) |
Swaziland | In traditional marriages, a man may take more than one wife. (references) | |
Malawi | Society has begun to take the problem of violence against women seriously. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Yemen | Public sector employees must take their grievances to court. (references) |
Lithuania | Workers often take their complaints directly to their employers. (references) | |
Turkey | Only 22.8 percent of working children take advantage of these schools. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures. Henry Ward Beecher |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Al Hunt | All right. We're going to take a break right now, but when we come back, we'll have the Big Question for the Iraqi ambassador to the United Nations. |
Chuck Hagel | Bob, I think you always must take the worst-case scenario in a situation like this, and you must always just assume the worst, especially with Saddam Hussein. |
Dan Rather | Thanks for staying here. Welcome back. We're going to take a call, go to the telephones now, from Virginia Beach, Virginia. You're on. |
Dennis Miller | Seriously, here's how you get confident-if you want something take it. |
Lin Wood | They've used polygraphs on some individuals, I'm told. The Ramseys did not accept their offer to take an FBI polygraph. |
Phil McGraw | That's right. Do something. Take action. The world rewards action. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. If you want different, do different. |
Robert Novak | We do have to take a break, and when we come back, we'll ask Congressman Dick Gephardt if the country needs more money for homeland security. |
Rush Limbaugh | I always love it when people take my advice. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides this, such repeated changes take place, that all arrangement is set at nought, and the constant fluctuation of things, deranges every plan, as fast as adopted. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Such an agreement would take the form of a collective defense arrangement within the terms of the United Nations Charter. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | That program must stimulate and take more effectively into account the contributions of our allies, and provide central policy direction for all our own programs that now so often overlap, conflict or diffuse our energies and resources. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | Governments in the developing countries must take such facts into consideration. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Government must learn to take less from people so that people can do more for themselves. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Of course, we must take other actions to strengthen our Nation's economy. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Something tells me a number of taxpayers may take us up on this one. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | People have to take their kids to get immunized. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Yet our government will take every possible measure to safeguard our country and our people. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Take" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 72.17% of the time. "Take" is used about 71,265 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 72.17% | 51,431 | 165 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 27.61% | 19,673 | 454 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.21% | 153 | 25,427 |
| Total | 100.00% | 71,265 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Take to Auction.com, Inc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "take": a murrain take him! ♦ be slow to take offence ♦ be unable to take ♦ bitter pill to take ♦ can i take your order? ♦ can't take a joke ♦ deuce take you! ♦ devil take him! ♦ devil take it! ♦ do i take myself understood? ♦ do not take any notice of! ♦ don't take it amiss! ♦ double take ♦ down take pipe ♦ get smb. to take smth. ♦ give an inch and take an ell ♦ give an inch and take an mile ♦ give and take ♦ give him an inch and he'll take a mile ♦ give him an inch and he'll take an ell ♦ give or take ♦ have to take the consequences ♦ he can't take a joke ♦ how long does it take ♦ i beg you to take me with you ♦ i can't take it any more ♦ I take ♦ i take it that ♦ i take my hat off to you! ♦ i will take it with me ♦ i will take this ♦ i will take this myself ♦ if you can take it from me! ♦ i'll take it out of him! ♦ i'll take no denial ♦ Interjection: beware! ware! take care! look out! fore! ♦ it won't take long ♦ let things take their course ♦ may i take the liberty? ♦ not pretend to take upon ♦ not take upon one self to say ♦ not to take into account ♦ not to take offence ♦ not to take seriously ♦ please take a seat! ♦ she can't take a joke ♦ stop and take breath ♦ swift to take offence ♦ take a back ♦ take a back seat ♦ take a bad turn ♦ take a ballot ♦ take a ballot on ♦ take a bashing ♦ take a bath ♦ take a bearing of ♦ take a beating ♦ take a bet ♦ take a bite ♦ take a blood sample ♦ take a blood sample from smb. ♦ take a bow ♦ take a break ♦ take a breath ♦ take a breath of fresh air ♦ take a breather ♦ take a brief ♦ take a bright view of ♦ take a bus ♦ take a busman's holiday ♦ take a cab ♦ take a car in tow ♦ take a car on hire ♦ take a case to court ♦ take a case to the high court ♦ take a cast of ♦ take a census ♦ take a census of ♦ take a chair ♦ take a chance ♦ take a commitment ♦ take a corner ♦ take a crap ♦ take a cruise ♦ take a cursory view of ♦ take a dare ♦ take a day off ♦ take a decision ♦ take a decisive step ♦ take a deep breath ♦ take a degree ♦ take a dekko at smth. ♦ take a detour ♦ take a dim view of ♦ take a dim view of smth. ♦ take a dislike to ♦ take a dive ♦ take a douche ♦ take a drink ♦ take a drive ♦ take a drop now and then. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "take": take-a, take-all, Take-a-pill, take-away, take-away-kebab, take-aways, take-down, take-home, take-home pay, Take-in, take-it-or-leave-it, take-it-or-leave-itism, take-it-or-leave-the-place, take-me-as-you-find-me, take-note, take-no-thought-for-the-morrow, take-off, take-off, take-off ability, take-off area, take-off climb surface, take-off distance available, take-off distance required, take-off flight path, take-off funnel, take-off leg, take-off monitoring system, take-off noise measurement point, take-off power rating, take-off run, take-off run available, take-off run required, take-off safety speed, take-off speed, take-off surface, take-off weight, take-off-able, take-off-out-of-trim, take-offs, take-one, take-out, take-outs, take-over, take-over bid, take-overs, take-some-of-it-or-leave-some-of-it, take-up, take-ups, take-what-you-want, take-you, take-your. | |
Ending with "take": double-take, land-take, out-take, piss-take, pre-take, re-take. | |
Containing "take": winner-take-all. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
take out | 712 | take five | 98 |
take me away | 368 | take me out to the ballgame | 94 |
take it off | 253 | take over payment | 90 |
take that | 249 | it many take would | 87 |
away lifehouse lyrics take | 200 | away breath lyrics take | 87 |
take me out to the ball game | 175 | take an iq test | 85 |
can t take my eyes off you | 174 | broadway take me out | 85 |
take out taxi | 159 | chinese take out box | 84 |
don girl t take | 152 | day dog take work | 82 |
you take my breath away | 143 | lyrics take | 81 |
every breath you take | 139 | take a picture | 79 |
guts it jesus say take | 127 | it take two | 76 |
double take | 126 | take off pound sensibly | 75 |
take 5 | 125 | home take ya | 71 |
take off | 124 | when to take pregnancy test | 70 |
take me home | 123 | take quiz | 69 |
dont girl take | 122 | take it | 67 |
whatever it take | 118 | home take | 66 |
take 6 | 113 | away lyrics take | 64 |
take survey get paid | 108 | take off your clothes | 63 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "take"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | neem (accept, get, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, receive, take in), optel (get, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up), oppik (get, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up), aanvaar (accept, receive, take in), aanneem (accept, receive, take in), vat (captivate, capture, catch, get, grapple, lay, lay hold of, pick, pick up, start off), beklee (clothe, cover, dress, occupy, overlay), aksepteer (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Albanian | marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, score, take in, take out). (various references) | |
Arabic | إحتل (conquer, occupy, overrun, squat, take up), دخل (come in, enter, extract, get in, go in, income, march, move in, proceeds, revenue, roll, run, sink, step inside, taking, turn in, yield), شارك (be shared, contribute, engage, enter, involve, join in, part, partake, participate, partner, share, share in, sit in, spare one's life, take part), رافق (accompany, bring, bully, carry, chaperon, companion, company, escort, follow, join, pursue, see, see off, string, string along with, take along, take out), أدرك (apprehend, awake, comprehend, feel, follow, get at, observe, overhaul, overtake, penetrate, perceive, pierce, realize, recognize, rejoin, see, see daylight, sense, sober up, twig, understand), أخذ (catch, gather, occupy, pick, reception), أسر (captivate, captivity, capture, catch, enthralling, intrigue, prison, seize, seizure, servitude, take prisoner), أمسك ب (grab, load, lock), إشترى (buy, cover, purchase, take up), إختار (choose, cull, discriminate, elect, name, nominate, opt, pack, pick out, plump for, pronounce, select, single, slate, tag, tap), إستعاد (bring back, encore, give back, recapture, reconquer, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, resume, retrieve, scavenge), إستحوذ على (bite), إستولى (annex, appropriate, be purchased, capture, carry, collar, jump, latch, possess, requisition, seize, snatch, take up), بدأ (begin, begin on smth., commence, fall to, incept, initialize, initiate, institute, launch, lead, lead off, proceed, set, set about, set in, start, start off, tackle, take in, tee), إستمر (continue, drive up, endure, get back, get going, get on, go ahead, go in, go on, hold, hold on, keep, keep going, keep on, last, persist, run on smth., sew on, subsist, wear out), فاجأ (catch, overtake, stagger, startle, stun, stupefy), إقتضى (call, demand, involve), الأخذ, صور (characterize, depict, describe, film, paint, photo, pic, picture, portray, shoot, snap, typify), صورة (configuration, effigy, feature, form, gestalt, idol, image, photograph, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, print, representation, reproduction, resemblance, shot, tableau), تطلب (ask, call, call for, claim, demand, exact, need, require, want), تعود (be accustomed to, familiarization, fixation, get into a rut, get used to it, habituation, settle, take on, wont), تناول (make, pull, reception), غنيمة (booty, capture, haul, loot, plunder, prey, prize, spoil, swag, trophy), حقق (achieve, attain, check, consummate, effectuate, fulfil, fulfill, get on, implement, inquire, obtain, prize, probe, produce, quest, realize, search closely, see, slate, work out), حمل (bear, bearing, burden, carriage, carry, carry on, charge, conception, deck, hold, hump, knock up, lade, lamb, lifting, load, portage, pregnancy, tote, yeanling), قبل (accede, accept, admit, agree to, approve of, assent, be accepted, before, concede, consent, fore, in front of, kiss, ok, okay, okey, previous, previously, prior, sanction, settle for, subscribe, until), قبل التحدى للمبارزة, نال (acquire, attain, carve, coax, come by, gain, get, get the best of, win), إستلم (surrender). (various references) | |
Basque | zaindu (nurse to, take care of to), kendu (pull away to, substract to, take to, tear away to), hartu (take to). (various references) | |
Breton | c'hemer (to take). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | поемам (absorb, accept, defray, draw, hit, receive, strike, take in), издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, sustain, wear out, withstand), занасям (drop, haze, sideslip, skid), залавям (catch, intercept, nab, run down), ангажирам (bespeak, engage, retain), абониран съм за (take in), ловя (prey upon, receive), прескачам (get over, hop, jump, jump over, leap, nip, omit, overleap, skip, skip over), превземам (capture), мамя (cozen, deceive, dupe, fiddle, flim-flam, gag, gouge, hocus, hoodwink, impose, jockey, juggle, mock, play along, play possum with, rook, shark, stick, string along, twist, victimize), понасям (bear, bear off, bide, carry, carry off, digest, drag along, go, incur, play along, pocket, see, stand, stick, suffer, support, sweep away, tolerate, undergo), нося (bear, bring, bring forth, bring round, carry, float, give, pack, sweep along), побирам (accommodate, admit, carry, contain, hold, receive, seat, sit, sleep, store), поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, sustain, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), пламвам (burn up, catch fire, fire, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flush, kindle, turn scarlet), пия (consume, discuss, drink, guzzle, have, hobnob, imbibe, lush, neck), имам успех (go over, pay off, score, succeed as, take on), имам въздействие (register), излизам на снимка, използувам превозно средство, изисквам (call for, claim, command, demand, desiderate, enforce, enjoin, exact, indicate, necessitate, postulate, require, want), предполагам (assume, believe, conjecture, divine, expect, guess, imagine, implicate, imply, postulate, presume, presuppose, reckon, suppose, suspect, take a notion, think, think for, ween), кадър (cadre, frame, set up, shot, still), улов (catch, haul), управлявам (administer, administrate, con, direct, fly, govern, guide, handle, helm, keel, manage, navigate, operate, rule, run, superintend), снимам (photo, photograph, shoot, snap), смятам (adjudge, calculate, cipher, consider, count, deem, feel, figure, find, guess, judge, number, opine, reckon, regard, see, set down, ween, work), ям (consume, discuss, eat, feed, have, mouth, partake, punish, taste, tuck away, victual), следвам (act on, follow, imitate, pursue, read, read for, study), разбирам (apprehend, catch on, comprehend, cotton, discover, fathom, figure out, find out, follow, grasp, grip, have, latch, make out, penetrate, perceive, pick up, realize, riddle, rumble, see, see through, sense, take in, think, understand, work out), хващам (capture, catch, clamp, find out, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hook, hunt down, land, nail, nip, nobble, pick up, pot, prey upon, run down, seize, snag, strike, take effect, take up, track down), завеждам (be head, bring, conduct, induct, initiate, land, run, superintend, take over), касов сбор, сцена (scene, sequence, stage), водя (carry on, conduct, deliver, go, guide, keep, lead, manage, pilot, prevent, prosecute, pursue, usher in, wage), вземам превозно средство, вземам (borrow, cover, fetch, get, got, gotten, levy, load, partake, pick up, pot, retake, take away, take in, take up), вадя (draw, extract, have out, lift, pull, pull out, take out), откарвам (drive, drive away, roll away, take over), отвеждам (carry, carry off, derive, get away, lead, lead off, offset, pipe, sluice, take off, walk away), отнемам (denude, deprive, detract, divest, evict, overreach, revoke, take away), обучавам (discipline, drill, form, ground, instruct, lesson, pace, school, teach, train, tutor, verse), обсебвам (embezzle), трябва (be obliged to, have, have to, must, need, ought, should, want). (various references) | |
Catalan | acceptar (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Chinese | 挐 (apprehend), 服 (clothes, compare, criticize, dress, garment, submit), 拏 (apprehend), 撩 (lift up, pull up, stitch, tease), 搭 (build, hang, join, match, take passage), 作为. (various references) | |
Croatian | uzet. (various references) | |
Czech | vzít (accept, capture). (various references) | |
Danish | tage (get, lay hold of, pick up), tage op (get, lay hold of, pick up), modtage (accept, get, have, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Dutch | nemen (get, lay hold of, pick up), accepteren (accept, receive, take in), aanvaarden (accept, receive, take in), aannemen (accept, adopt, affiliate, confirm, employ, guess, hire, presume, receive, suppose, surmise, take in). (various references) | |
Esperanto | preni (get, lay hold of, pick up), okupi (occupy), akcepti (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Estonian | võtke. (various references) | |
Faeroese | taka við (accept, receive, take in), taka ímóti (accept, receive, take in), taka (conquer, detain, get, hold back, lay hold of, pick up, retain), viðurkenna (accept, acknowledge, appreciate, approve, receive, recognize, take in). (various references) | |
Farsi | پنداشتن (Assume, Coneive, Count, Deem, Imagine, Suppose), لمس کردن (Feel, Palpate, Stroke, Touch), گرفتن (Capture, Catch, Cease, Circle, Detract, Devest, Educe, Engage, Front, Grab, Gripe, Hold, Kindle, Nail, Obtain, Obturate, Pickup, Snatch, Wed), ستاندن , خوردن (Abut, Eat, Feed, Grub, Have, Hurtle, Partake, Sample), بردن (Abstract, Bear, Carry, Conduct, Convey, Drive, Horse, Lead, Pack, Port, Portage, Propel, Remove, Snatch, Steer, Transport, Win), برداشتن (Delete, Pickup, Remove). (various references) | |
Finnish | ottaa (draw, get, lay hold of, pick up, remove, take away, take off). (various references) | |
Flemish | slaat, neem. (various references) | |
French | prendre (take in, take over, take up, taking, to take), recevoir (take in), prise (taking), prenez, prends, admettre (take in), accepter (take in, take on). (various references) | |
French Canadian | prendre (to take). (various references) | |
Frisian | oannimme (accept, adopt, receive, take in), oanfurdigje (accept, receive, take in), nimme (get, lay hold of, pick up), besette (occupy). (various references) | |
Galician | levamos. (various references) | |
German | nehmen (adopt, bereave, block, book, catch, charge, draw, engage, get, grasp, handle, have, hurdle, lay hold of, measure up, negotiate, overcome, pick up, relieve, seize, take away, take on, take out, to take, treat, use), einnehmen (capture, carry, collect, earn, fill, occupy, prepossess, soak up, take up, to take up, use), fassen (apprehend, bite, captivate, capture, catch, contain, draw, express, feel, frame, gather, gather in, get, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, hold, lay hold of, make, Mount, mounting, pass, pick up, seize, set, subsume, surround, take hold of, to subsume, touch, understand), bringen (bring, broadcast, carry, cause, drive, earn, feature, fetch, get, give, induce, introduce, make, offer, present, print, produce, publish, put, put out, reach, take out, to bring, to remedy, yield), annehmen (accept, acquire, adopt, approve, assume, assumes, contract, embrace, guess, honor, honour, imagine, imbibe, pass, presume, receive, sanctify, suppose, take in, take on, to adopt, to assume, to expect, to suppose). (various references) | |
Greek | παίρνω (bear away, carry off, clear away, collect, contract, derive, get, take in). (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | pran. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | pranoj (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ליטול (lift up, place, put), לתפוס (apprehand, catch, cop, grasp, lay hold of, nab, occupy, seize, snatch), לקיחה (appropriation, buying, taking), לקחת (bring, grasp, have, receive, seize), לקבל (accept, acquire, come by, get, obtain, receive, take on), לקח (instruction, learning, lesson, moral, teaching), לכבוש (conquer, occupy, press, subjugate, tread down, vanquish), להבין (apprehend, comprehend, follow, gather, grasp, know, make out, realize, see, see daylight, see the light, take in, understand), לנקוט, שלל (booty, gain, haul, loot, pillage, plunder, profit, spoil, trophy), קבלה (acceptance, check, kabbalah, receipt, receiving, reception), הכנסה (bringing in, income, insertion, intake, introduction), צלום (photograph, photography, shot). (various references) | |
Hungarian | vesz (bought, buy, get, lay hold of, oppress, pick up, press, purchase, squeeze, take over, taken, to buy, to commune, to fence, to gibe, to list, to nick, to put in an appearance, to re-enter, to scorn, to take, to wed, took). (various references) | |
Icelandic | tek, takið, samþykkja (accept, accord, agree, come to an agreement, receive, take in), þakka (accept, receive, take in, thank). (various references) | |
Indonesian | menjemput (fetch), mengambil (assume, take over), cokok (bring, carry), ambil. (various references) | |
Irish | tóg (climb), glac (accept, receive, take in), gabh. (various references) | |
Italian | prendere (assume, be taken, buy, captivate, capture, catch, charge, earn, employ, engage, fetch, gather, get, grapple, grasp, grip, have, lay, lay hold of, pick up, seize, subsume, take along, to take), accettare (accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, agree to, follow, receive, take in, welcome), togliere (decrease, disfranchise, free, get out, go away, lose weight, peel back, pick, pull, put, put off, quench, raise, relieve, remove, slim, strip, take away, take from, take off, take out, wear off, wipe away), occupare (absorb, attend to, be responsible for, deal in, employ, fill, hold, inhabit, keep, keep busy, live in, occupy, preoccupy, sit in, spend, take possession, take up, task, to employ), accogliere (accept, admit, agree to, allow, grant, Harbor, harbour, receive, sustain, take in, welcome). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | テーベ物語 (beefsteak, project, tail, tail end, tail fin, tail lamp, tailcoat, taillight, tailor, tailored, tailored suit, tailor-made, taste, Taylor system, tea, teeing ground, teenage, teen-age, teenager, teen-ager, Tegafur, tequila, Texas, Texas hit, Texas leaguer, text, text book, text file, textbook, textile, texture, Thebais, theme, Theme campaign, Theme music, theme park, Theme promotion, Theme song, tilapia, timpani, tissue, tissue paper, tissues, topic, TROFF, tympany, typical, tyranny), 召 (buy, call, catch, drink, eat, put on, ride in, send for, wear). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | テイク , しょう (actor, artisan, award, bruise, buy, call, carpenter, catch, chapter, commander, cut, destroy, drink, eat, gash, general, government, hurt, idea, illness, important point, injury, label, leader, make up for, means, mechanic, medal, phenomenon, prize, put on, quotient, ride in, scar, scratch, section, send for, to be burdened with, to carry on back or shoulder, upper part, weak point, wear, workman, wound). (various references) | |
Korean | 포획. (various references) | |
Lombard | accettà (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Luganda | tulinnye (to take). (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | huelen. (various references) | |
Malagasy | lalan-kaleha. (various references) | |
Malay | terima (accept, get, have, receive, take in), menerima (accept, get, have, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Manx | troggal (arise, boost, breed, breeding, bring off, bringing up, build, building, buzz off, construct, contract, contract as disease, contraction, development, edifice, elaborate, elaboration, elevate, freshen, freshen of wind, gather up, getting up, harvest, heave, heave as shoulders, hoist, input, invoke, lift, lifting, nurture, pick off; absorption, pick up, pull in, put up, raise, raise up, rally, rear, rearing, rig up, rise, set in rows, sing up, structure, train, train as child, winch, wind, winding), gow (go, shall take?), goaill (acceptance, affect, apprehend, apprehension, arrest, assumption, assumption of office, bring off, capture, catch, contract, contract as disease, contraction, distrain, draw off, engage, expropriation, impound, preoccupation, reduce, seizure). (various references) | |
Maya | cha' (to take). (various references) | |
Mohawk | -hnyotakwas (to take). (various references) | |
Norwegian | godta (accept, receive, take in), besette (occupy). (various references) | |
Occitan | prene. (various references) | |
Papiamen | okupá (occupy), aseptá (accept, receive, take in), akseptá (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Pidgin English | take (to, to accept, to take). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aketay.(various references) | |
Polish | zajmować (occupy), wziąć (get, lay hold of, pick up), przyjmować (accept, receive, take in), brać (get, lay hold of, pick up). (various references) | |
Portuguese | tomada (contact box, jack, plug, socket, switch-plug, wall socket), ocupar (beset, engage, engross, exercise, fill, occupy). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | tome. (various references) | |
Romanian | primi (accept, derive, draw, embrace, entertain, get, have, let in, receive, take in), lua (acquire, assume, assume a name, book, bring, catch, clasp, clear away, confiscate, conquer, contact, contract, draw, extract, finger, form, get, have, hire, interpret, jerk off, keep off, lay hands on, lay hold of, load, Mount, nim, pick, pick up, pocket, pouch, receive, snatch, start), accepta (abide by, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, agree, approve, assent, assume, carry down, embrace, grant, hold, honor, honour, postulate, protect, receive, take in, take on). (various references) | |
Romansch | durar (to take). (various references) | |
Romany | lyàva (to take). (various references) | |
Russian | есть (ate, aye aye, eat, eaten, eating, there are, there been, there is been), доводить (bring, lap, size), п (bed, fear, have, in English), получать (acquire, charge back, derive, gain, get, got, got [], gotten, have, make, obtain, receive, relish, score a, score an), понимать (apprehend, aprehend, catch on, comprehend, figure out, gain an insight into, get, get to know, perceive, realize, savvies, sense, twig, understand, understood), повезти (carry), прини�, брать (get, jump, lay hold of, obtain, pick up, seize, take in, take on, taken), действовать (act, be in operation, do, follow with, functionate, get going, kabobalating, operate, proceed, pursue, remain in force, run, work), снести (blow off, demolish, pile up, pull down), завезти (bring, drop off, leave), завести (bring), нанимать (contracted by, employ, engage, hire, rent, sign on), отвести (lead, stave off), взять (get, lay hold of, pick up), выбирать (bouse, bows, choose, chose, chosen, elect, fetch, opt, pick, pick out, round in, select, selects, single out), требовать (ask for, call for, call for a, claim, crave, cry for, demand, necessitate, require, solicit), развозить (conduct, separate), брать в плен. (various references) | |
Scottish | gabh (accept, admit of, get, go, lay hold of, pick up, proceed, receive, sing). (various references) | |
Sepedi | taea (to take). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | povesti (give a lift, institute), deo filma snimljen bez prekida, dovesti (bring, bring about, lead), igrati (act, dance, perform, personate, play, play at, twitch), istaći (accentuate, distinguish, feature, headline, highlight, point up, post, set off, underlain), izmeriti (gauge, measure, weigh), nositi (bear, bring, buffet, carry, have, hold, pack, tote, waft, wear), očarati (captivate, enthral, enthrall, fascinate, hypnotize, mesmerize), odvesti (drive away, drive off, drop off, lead, march, take away), osvojiti (capture, conquer, master, overrun, seize, win), pazar (turnover), pohađati (attend, audit), broj gledalaca (gate, turn out, turnout), poneti (carry off), zauzeti (capture, carry by, gain, occupy, overrun, seize, strike), povući (disaffirm, draw off, keep back, pull, recall, retire, scratch, take back, withdraw), pretrpeti (suffer, sustain, undergo), primiti (accept, admit, receive, take it into, take on, take over, welcome), smatrati (consider, deem, look on, regard, think, ween), sprovesti (carry out, carry through, conduct, convey, escort, instal, install, lead, put in, put through), stenografisati (take down), ulov (catch), uspelo kalemnjenje, uzeti (get, hire, pick up, take away), uzimati (ingest), voditi (conduct, direct, guide, keep, lead, stand, wage), polagati (lay, place, repose, string). (various references) | |
Slovene | vzela, vzel. (various references) | |
Somali | qaadan. (various references) | |
Sotho | itlhokomele (take care of yourself). (various references) | |
Spanish | tomar (accept, catch, draw, draw in, drink, eat, engulf, get, have, impound, lay hold of, lift out, live, live off, live on, live through, pick up, receive, reduce, strike, swallow up, take in, take on, take out, take up, take upon, taking, throw out, to have, to take, touch, treat, understand), ocupar (attend to, be busy, capture, deal with, employ, encroach on, engage, fill, have a job, hold, light out, line, live in, occupy, pay attention, see to, take over, take up), aceptar (accept, accepts, admit, adopt, agree, allow, digest, embrace, fall in, honor, honour, identify, lap up, receive, say yes to, see, take in, take on, take up), coger (accept, arrest, bag, captivate, capture, catch, catch hold of, clutch, cop, develop, fetch, frig, gather, get, get hold of, go down, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hit off, hold, hook, hunch, imbibe, land, lay hold of, lift, nab, nail, nobble, pick, pick up, pinch, pluck, seize, take on, take out, take up, toss, touch, treat, trip, trip up, yank off), toma (administration, assumption, capture, fall, here, hough, intake, outlet, reduction, seizure, shot, take that, takeoff, taking), recoger (bring in, catch, collect, fold, furl, garner, gather, gather in, gather up, get, get in, glean, harvest, lay hold of, lift, pick, pick up, rake in, reap, reclaim, repossession, scavenge, scoop up, secure, take in, take up), desempeñar (act, discharge, occupy, perform, play, redeem), buscar (ferret, fetch, forage for, get, go after, home in on, Hunt, hunt for, hunt out, hunt up, investigate, lay hold of, look, look for, look out, look out for, look round, look up, pick, pick up, prospect for, pursue, quest, scout for, scrounge around for, search, search after, search for, seek, seek after, seek for, to look for, turn up), agarrar (catch, catch hold of, clench, clutch, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, griping, hold, hold tight, lay hold of, lift, nail, pack, pinch, seize, snatch up, tackle, take on, touch), admitir (accept, acknowledge, admit, admit of, allow, allow of, allow out, avow, bear, concede, confess, initiate, receive, recognize, take in, tell). (various references) | |
Sranan | teki (get, lay hold of, pick up). (various references) | |
Swahili | pokea (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
Swazi | kú-tsátsa (to take). (various references) | |
Swedish | ta (carry, embrace, get, lay hold of, pick up, score, shoot, treat, wreak), taga (get, lay hold of, pick up), vidtaga, intaga (captivate, carry, enrol, enroll, occupy, seize), fatta (catch, compass, conceive, cotton on, get, grasp, latch on to, lay hold of, pick up, savvy, see, seize, take in, understand). (various references) | |
Tagalog | tanggapín (accept, get, have, receive, take in), kúnin (get, lay hold of, pick up). (various references) | |
Tahitian | rave (to take). (various references) | |
Thai | ชนะ, ขึ้นรถ (hop in), คัดลอก, ควบคุมตัว, ยึด (hold by), ยอมรับ (countenance, hold by, own, receive, take a bow), ร่วมประเวณี, ต้องการ (ask, exact, lack, like, need, require), ถือ, ทาน, จดบันทึก (log), ถ่ายหนัง, ใช้ (employ, mute), นำมา, พาไป, โกง (gull into, gull out of, jockey, swindle), เจ็บป่วย, เข้าใจ (conceive, dig, digest, fathom, get, make, puzzle out, see, seize, suss), เดินทางโดย, เรียน (read), เลือก (choose, co-opt, opt, opt for), เอาไป, ทำ (make). (various references) | |
Tswana | fapogele (turn). (various references) | |
Turkish | kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), almak (accept, accomplish, achieve, acquire, admit, assume, attain, borrow, buy, capture, collect, come in, conquer, divest smb. of, draw, enter on, enter upon, enucleate, excise, extract, fetch, gain, garner, get, govern, have, help oneself to, hold, induct, lay hold of, let in, obtain, occupy, pick up, pull off, purchase, put on, receive, seat, seize, sweep off, take from, take in, take on, take over, take up, to buy, withdraw, wreak). (various references) | |
Turkmen | almak. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | улов (catch, haul, yield), сприймати (apperceive, feel, imbibe, receive), розуміти (appreciate, catch on, grip, know, perceive, think, understand), хапати (click, grab, grabble, grasp, seize, sick, snap, snatch, swoop, tackle), користуватися (enjoy, make use of, participate, profit, wield), виручка (receipts), видобувати (mine, quarry), захоплювати (absorb, bag, carry away, clench, clip, delight, encroach, enrapture, enthuse, grab, inlace, invade, occupy, possess, rapture, ravish), захопленя, ловити (catch, hook, nab, snap), брати (nim, take in, take on), приваблювати (appeal, attract, captivate, commend, court, fetch, incline, lure, magnetize, pull, tempt), привласнювати (appropriate, arrogate, cabbage, embezzle, grab, peculate, poach, pocket, pouch, snoop, trouser). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự nắm (holding, taken, took), sự lấy chầu (taken, took), sự cầm (held, hold, holding, prehension, taken, taking, took), câu được (taken, took). (various references) | |
Welsh | cymryd (accept, get, lay hold of, pick up). (various references) | |
Wolof | jël. (various references) | |
Xhosa | ndiqabele (To take). (various references) | |
Yucatec | bisik (get, lay hold of, pick up). (various references) | |
Zulu | -thatha (get, lay hold of, pick up), -amukela (accept, receive, take in). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | ablata, ablatas, ablati, ablatis, ablatisque, ablato, ablatum, ablatus, abstulerant, abstuleris, abstulero, abstulerunt, abstuleruntque, abstuli, abstulissent, abstulisti, abstulit, acceperant, acceperat, acceperim, acceperint, acceperis, acceperit, acceperitis, accepero, acceperunt, acceperuntque, accepi, accepimus, accepisse, accepisset, accepissetis, accepisti, accepistis, accepit, accepitque, accepta, acceptam, acceptamque, acceptas, accepti, acceptis, acceptisque, accepto, acceptum, accepturi, accepturum, accepturus, acceptus, accipe, accipere, acciperem, acciperemus, acciperent, acciperet, accipiam, accipiamus, accipiant, accipias, accipiat, accipiatis, accipiatur, accipiebant, accipiebat, accipiemus, accipiendo, accipiendum, accipiens, accipient, accipientem, accipientes, accipientque, accipies, accipiesque, accipiet, accipietis, accipimus, accipio, accipis, accipit, accipite, accipitis, accipiunt, amore, amoris, amotis, amoto, amotus, amove, amoveamus, amovebis, amoverent, amoveret, amoverunt, amovet, amovete, amovi, amovit, aucupes, aufer, auferam, auferamini, auferant, auferas, auferat, auferatis, auferatur, auferemini, auferendam, auferendo, auferens, auferent, auferentem, auferentes, auferentesque, auferenti, auferentur, auferes, auferet, auferetis, auferetur, auferre, auferrent, auferres, auferret, auferretur, auferri, aufers, aufert, auferte, aufertis, auferto, aufertur, auferuntur, bacchidem, capio, captura, circumducatur, circumducendi, circumducentibus, circumduci, circumduxerunt, circumduxissent, circumduxit, conputabit, conputabuntur, conputant, conputaremus, conputaris, conputas, conputasti, conputat, conputata, conputatae, conputati, conputatis, conputet, conputetur, dem, demas, dementes, dementia, dementis, demere, demetrio, demetrium, dempserint, deportabunt, deportandam, deportantur, deportaverant, excepta, excepto, exemit, possederant, possederat, possederim, possederis, possederunt, possederuntque, possedi, possedimus, possedisti, possedistis, possedit, possessa, possessuri, possessurus, posside, possideamus, possideant, possideas, possideat, possideatis, possidebant, possidebas, possidebat, possidebis, possidebit, possidebitis, possidebo, possidebunt, possidebuntur, possidemus, possidendam, possidendas, possidendum, possidens, possident, possidentem, possidentis, possidentium, possideo, possidere, possiderem, possiderent, possideres, possideret, possideretis, possides, possidet, possidete, possidetis, praeda, praedaberis, praedabuntur, praedandum, praedare, praedaris, praedas, praedati, praedatio, praedationibus, praedatus, praedavit, praedo, preoccupo, promeretur, prompta, prompti, prompto, promptu, promptum, promptus, sublata, sublati, sublatis, sublato, sublatoque, sublatum, sublatus, sustulerat, sustulerunt, sustuli, sustulimus, sustulissemus, sustulissent, sustulisti, sustulistis, sustulit, tollam, tollamque, tollamus, tollant, tollar, tollas, tollat, tollatur, tolle, tollebant, tollebat, tollebatis, tollebatque, tollemus, tollendo, tollens, tollensque, tollent, tollentes, tollentibus, tollentque, tollentur, tollere, tollerem, tollerent, tollerentur, tolleret, tolles, tollesque, tollet, tolletis, tolletisque, tolletque, tolletur, tollis, tollit, tollite, tollitis, tollitur, tollo, tollor, tolluntur. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | don, geniman, niman. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 13 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tolle vestimentum eius qui spopondit pro extraneo et pro alienis auferto pignus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Tac the clothing of hym, that behotith for a straunger; and for an alien tac awei to hym a wed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 27, Verse 13 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Kuhaa ang iyang panapton nga maoy pasalig sa usa ka dumuloong; Ug ibutang siya sa saad nga maoy pasalig alang sa usa ka lumalangyaw nga babaye. |
| Croatian | Uzmi haljinu onomu tko je jamèio za drugoga i oplijeni ga mjesto tuðinca. |
| Danish | Tag hans Klæder, han borged for en anden, pant ham for fremmedes Skyld! |
| Dutch | Als iemand voor een vreemde borg geworden is, neem zijn kleed, en pand hem voor een onbekende vrouw. |
| Finnish | Ota siltä vaatteet, joka toista takasi, ja ota häneltä pantti vieraan naisen tähden. |
| French | Prends son vêtement, car il a cautionné autrui; Exige de lui des gages, à cause des étrangers. |
| German | Nimm dem sein Kleid, der für einen andern Bürge wird, und pfände ihn um der Fremden willen. |
| Hungarian | Vedd el a ruháját, mert kezes lett másért, és az idegenért zálogold meg. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Siapa mau menanggung utang orang lain, layak diambil miliknya sebagai jaminan janjinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Jikalau orang telah menjadi pengaku akan orang dagang, maka ambillah jubahnya, gadaikanlah karena orang keluaran. |
| Italian | Prendigli il vestito perché si è fatto garante per uno straniero e tienilo in pegno per gli sconosciuti. |
| Maori | ¶ Tangohia te kakahu o te kaiwhakakapi mo te tangata ke; tona taunaha ano hoki mo ta te wahine ke. |
| Norwegian | Ta hans klær, han har gått i borgen for en annen, og ta pant av ham for en fremmed kvinnes skyld! |
| Portuguese | Tira a roupa àquele que fica por fiador do estranho, e toma penhor daquele que se obriga por uma estrangeira. |
| Rumanian | Ia -i haina, cqci s`a pus chezaw pentru altul, ia -l zqlog kn locul unei strqine. - |
| Russian | чПЪШНЙ Х ОЕЗП РМБФШЕ ЕЗП, РПФПНХ ЮФП ПО РПТХЮЙМУС ЪБ ЮХЦПЗП, Й ЪБ УФПТПООЕЗП ЧПЪШНЙ ПФ ОЕЗП ЪБМПЗ. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "take": takeable, takeaway, takedown, takedowns, taken, takeoff, takeoffs, takeout, takeouts, takeover, takeovers, taker, takers, takes, takeup, takeups. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "take": betake, caretake, grubstake, intake, mistake, outtake, overtake, partake, retake, shiitake, stake, sweepstake, swoopstake, undertake, uptake, wapentake. (additional references) | |
Words containing "take": antitakeover, betaken, betakes, caretaken, caretaker, caretakers, caretakes, grubstaked, grubstaker, grubstakers, grubstakes, intakes, mistaken, mistakenly, mistaker, mistakers, mistakes, outtakes, overtaken, overtakes, partaken, partaker, partakers, partakes, retaken, retaker, retakers, retakes, shiitakes, staked, stakeholder, stakeholders, stakeout, stakeouts, stakes, sweepstakes, undertaken, undertaker, undertakers, undertakes, untaken, uptakes, wapentakes. (additional references) | |
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"Take" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: atek, Ateke, Atko, dtake, ltake, taak, tabe, tacay, taci, tacip, tacke, tacle, Tacq, tacte, tacu, tacy, tade, tafe, tage, tahki, Taikoo, taje, tak, taka, Takai, taked, takel, taki, takki, tako, takt, taku, takum, taky, tane, taqe, Tarka, tase, Taskrep, Taukei, tave, tawe, taxe, taxee, taye, taze, teace, teke, tekh, teki, tiek, tieke, Tieko, tikel, tiki, tikka, tiko, Tka, Tkalec, tko, Toka, Tokay, tokem, toki, trake, trke, tuce, tuke, twae, tyae, uake, zake. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "take" (pronounced tā"k) |
| 3 | t ā" k | mistake, partake, retake, stake, steak. |
| 2 | -ā" k | ache, awake, bake, brake, break, cake, Drake, fake, flake, forsake, haik, hake, Jake, lake, make, opaque, Paik, quake, rake, remake, sake, shake, snake, spake, wake. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: teak. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-k-t" | |
-1 letter: ate, eat, eta, kae, kat, kea, tae, tea. | |
-2 letters: ae, at, et, ka, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-k-t" | |
+1 letter: latke, skate, stake, steak, taken, taker, takes, teaks, tweak. | |
+2 letters: anklet, auklet, basket, betake, casket, gasket, intake, jacket, karate, krater, latkes, market, packet, racket, retack, retake, skated, skater, skates, staked, stakes, steaks, strake, streak, tacked, tacker, tacket, tackey, tackle, takahe, takers, takeup, talked, talker, talkie, tanked, tanker, tasked, tweaks, tweaky, uptake. | |
+3 letters: alkanet, anklets, antlike, auklets, backset, baskets, batlike, beatnik, betaken, betakes, bethank, blanket, bracket, cakiest, caskets, catlike, dankest, darkest, fatlike, flasket, gaskets, glaiket, hatlike, hektare, hotcake, intakes, jackets, kainite, kajeput, kantele, karates, kathode, keitloa, keratin, khanate, kraters, kyanite, lakiest, lankest, markets, meerkat, mistake, oatcake, oatlike, outbake, outtake, packets, partake, placket, rackets, rackety, rankest, ratlike, restack, retacks, retaken, retaker, retakes, retrack, setback, skaters, skatole, stacked, stacker, stalked, stalker, starker, straked, strakes, streaks, streaky, tackers, tackets, tackier, tackled, tackler, tackles, taglike, takable, takahes, takeoff, takeout, takeups, talcked, talkers, talkier, talkies, tankage, tankers, teacake, tealike, thacked, thanked, thanker, tieback, tracked, tracker, traiked, troaked, tsatske, tweaked, unakite, untaken, uptakes, weakest, wetback. | |
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