verb

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

example

I'll take that plate off the table.

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

example

The camera takes 35mm film.

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To remove.

example

take two eggs from the carton

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To have sex with.

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To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

example

Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.

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To grasp or grip.

example

He took her hand in his.

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To select or choose; to pick.

example

I'll take the blue plates.

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To adopt (select) as one's own.

example

She took his side in every argument.

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To carry or lead (something or someone).

example

I'll take the plate with me.

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To use as a means of transportation.

example

He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.

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To visit; to include in a course of travel.

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To obtain for use by payment or lease.

example

He took a full-page ad in the Times.

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To consume.

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To experience, undergo, or endure.

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To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

example

He had to take it apart to fix it.

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To regard in a specified way.

example

He took the news badly.

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

example

took a dim view of city officials

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To understand (especially in a specified way).

example

Don't take my comments as an insult.

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

example

He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.

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To believe, to accept the statements of.

example

take her word for it

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To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

example

Do you take me for a fool?

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

example

I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.

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

example

"As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"

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To catch or contract (an illness, etc).

example

took a chill

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

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

example

took her attention

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

example

cloth that takes dye well

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(of a ship) To let in (water).

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To require.

example

Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.

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To proceed to fill.

example

He took a seat in the front row.

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

example

His collection takes a lot of space.

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To avail oneself of.

example

He took that opportunity to leave France.

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To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

example

Pirès ran in to take the kick.

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To assume or perform (a form or role).

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To bind oneself by.

example

he took the oath of office last night

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To move into.

example

the next team took the field

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To go into, through, or along.

example

go down two blocks and take the next left

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To have and use one's recourse to.

example

take cover/shelter/refuge

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To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

example

take a census

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

example

He took a mental inventory of his supplies.

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

example

Could you take a picture of us?

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

example

The photographer will take you sitting down.

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To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

example

took me for ten grand

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(now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.

example

As a child, she took ballet.

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To deal with.

example

take matters as they arise

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

example

I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc.

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

example

He'll probably take this one.

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To accept as an input to a relation.

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

example

My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.

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To engage, take hold or have effect.

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To become; to be affected in a specified way.

example

She took sick with the flu.

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(possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

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An intensifier.

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

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(obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

example

He took me a blow on the head.

adjective

definition

Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

example

He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

definition

In a serious romantic relationship.

example

I can't ask her out, she's taken.

Examples of taken in a Sentence

It must have taken a long time to say good-bye.

I've not taken a prize in weeks.

Taken together, those findings suggest that almost all economic growth in the last 120-plus years was from technology.

I've taken up enough of his time.

His ride had taken almost an hour.

I think the man who did it may have taken my wife and a young girl.

The small house in which he had taken shelter was almost between the two armies.

You've always taken care of us.

At last a ship happened to pass that way and Robinson was taken on board.

It was a picture taken at the party and the focus was on Carmen and Alex.

She rolled her eyes, irritated that her brother hadn't taken his promise to her seriously.

Pierre had taken part in tying a policeman to a bear.

But the baby... he must have taken Claire!

We would have taken any way rather than this; but it was late and growing dark, and the trestle was a short cut home.

If I hadn't taken Destiny...

Still, Alex had taken ownership for what he had done.

The wildlife had probably taken care of them.

You can't believe how many cold showers I've taken.

Later they were taken to a room where they were introduced to their newest family members.

I'll be over there in a few minutes so you can show me what needs to be taken care of while you're gone.

We've taken steps for my home not to look like a fortress, but believe me, it is.

The pastor continued as if we hadn't taken nearly a three hour break, mostly continuing his sermon.

Hers wasn't the only life that had nearly been taken today.

Dad had taken a short cut then.

But the effects of the trip had taken their toll.

My heart was racing as I tried to remember the route Martha had taken this morning.

My husband has taken time away from school he shouldn't have and is pressuring me to do the same at the hospital.

A Cleveland mother had reported an infant child was taken from his crib while napping yet when Howie was able to enter the location before and during the alleged time, there was no sign of the child.

Howie had taken to picking at his fingers when the tension built.

Don't get alarmed but I've taken the liberty to be a tad candid with him.

You've taken a great deal off my shoulders, and I appreciate it.

We couldn't have taken a wrong turn!

His anger growing at the petite woman who'd taken Andre, Katie and Gabe from him, Rhyn stalked towards the door.

While Dean was tactful enough not to mention it, it had, however, taken two weeks for Billie Wassermann to come home to port.

I swear to you on my honor that Napoleon was in such a fix as never before and might have lost half his army but could not have taken Smolensk.

It had taken more than an hour to get to school on the bus, making any after-school activities rare.

He led the horse around and they left the ravine, traveling at right angles to the path the Indians had taken.

As for the ranch, she had always known it could be taken away.

He wasn't exactly babysitting... she wasn't that young, but he snuck off someplace and she was taken.

We were on it, so to speak, less than two hours after the baby was taken.

A young girl was taken from her bed as she slept.

I would have tried to stay with him, but I'd taken so long up until then, I couldn't do it.

The police responded and I was taken to a hospital where proper care was being given.

If I'd taken an instant to do so, I know I'd have pissed my pants where I stood.

I had barely taken a sip when I had a vision of a motor home I'd recently seen in Keene, with California plates!

If I hadn't taken time to apply my sleeping solution to the rag, I'd have been in the process of taking them just as that police car with its flashing lights came rolling up!

The girl was younger than Annie, but she was taken from her bed, same as Annie, and held for a week or more.

They've taken Miss O'Malley into surgery so it's waiting time.

An elegantly dressed man in his sixties identified as Assistant Director Carlton Summerfield had taken charge.

She looked at it, flushing to think someone had taken the time to figure out her sizes.

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