take
/ˈteɪ̯k/ verb, noun
Forms takes taking took taken tane takest tookst tookest taketh tek
- verb (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force. “They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.”
- verb (transitive) To seize or capture. “take the guards prisoner”
- verb (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game). “took ten catfish in one afternoon”
- verb (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
- verb (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off. “Billy took her pencil.”
- verb (transitive) To exact. “take a toll”
- verb (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game. “took the next two tricks”
- verb (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given). “took third place”
- noun An act of taking.
- noun Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits; takings. “He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.”
- noun The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
- noun An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position. “What's your take on this issue, Fred?”
- noun An approach, a (distinct) treatment. “a new take on a traditional dish”
- noun (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene. “It's a take.”
- noun (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
- noun A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event. “did a double take and then a triple take”
Synonyms
confiscate seize apprehend lay hold of rape begripe capture fang grasp get gripe take hold garner obtain win acquire accept attain come by cop return issue takings proceeds yield payoff occupy use up lead direct
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”). Alternatively, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”). Both from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *te-th₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for details).
Gradually displaced native English nim, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”).
Cognate with Scots tak (“to take”), Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), West Frisian take, taakje (“to grab, steal”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). English thack may be from the same root. Compare tackle. Despite superficial similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by hand, obtain”), which is instead cognate with English thig (“to beg”).
Webster’s 1913
- Taken. Chaucer.
- verb In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey. Hence, specifically: -- (a) To obtain possession of by force or artifice; to get the custody or control of; to reduce into subjection to one's power or will; to capture; to seize; to make prisoner; as, to take am army, a city, or a ship; also, to come upon or befall; to fasten on; to attack; to seize; --said of a disease, misfortune, or the like.
- verb In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept. Specifically: -- (a) To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.
- verb To take hold; to fix upon anything; to have the natural or intended effect; to accomplish a purpose; as, he was inoculated, but the virus did not take. Shak.
Etymology [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. tekan to touch; of uncertain origin.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “take”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details