take

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NGSL Rank: 58
take
teɪk Listen
Meanings
verb
  • lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.
    E.g. Mrs Morgan took another biscuit
  • remove (someone or something) from a particular place.
    E.g. he took an envelope from his inside pocket
  • carry or bring with one; convey.
    E.g. he took along a portfolio of his drawings
  • accept or receive (someone or something).
    E.g. she was advised to take any job offered
  • consume as food, drink, medicine, or drugs.
    E.g. take an aspirin and lie down
  • make, undertake, or perform (an action or task).
    E.g. Lucy took a deep breath
  • require or use up (a specified amount of time).
    E.g. the jury took an hour and a half to find McPherson guilty
  • be attracted or charmed by.
    E.g. Billie was very taken with him
  • (of a plant or seed) take root or begin to grow; germinate.
    E.g. the fuchsia cuttings had taken and were looking good
  • have or require as part of the appropriate construction.
    E.g. verbs which take both the infinitive and the finite clause as their object
noun
  • a scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.
    E.g. he completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes
  • an amount of something gained or acquired from one source or in one session.
    E.g. the take from commodity taxation
  • an amount of copy set up at one time or by one compositor.

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