take

take

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English

Etymology

From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), 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).

Cognate with Scots tak, Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). English thack may be from the same root. Compare tackle. Unrelated to Lithuanian tèkti (“to receive, be granted”), which is instead cognate with English thig.

Gradually displaced Middle English nimen (“to take”; see nim), from Old English niman (“to take”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: tāk, IPA(key): /teɪk/, [tʰeɪ̯k]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /tæɪk/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /teːk/
  • Rhymes: -eɪk

Verb

take (third-person singular simple present takes, present participle taking, simple past took, past participle taken or (archaic or Scotland) tane)

  1. (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
    Synonyms: confiscate, seize; see also Thesaurus:take
    1. (transitive) To seize or capture.
      take the guards prisoner
      take prisoners
    2. (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
    3. (transitive, cricket) To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
    4. (transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
    5. (transitive) To exact.
      take a toll
      take revenge
    6. (transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
  2. (transitive) To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
    Synonyms: garner, get, obtain, win; see also Thesaurus:receive
    Antonym: give
    1. (transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
    2. (transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
    3. (transitive) To receive into some relationship.
      take a wife
    4. (transitive, intransitive, law) To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
    5. (transitive) To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
  3. (transitive) To remove.
    Synonyms: knock off, subduct; see also Thesaurus:remove
    1. (transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.
      Synonyms: do in, terminate; see also Thesaurus:kill
    2. (transitive) To subtract.
      Synonyms: take away; see also Thesaurus:subtract
  4. (transitive) To have sex with.
    Synonyms: have, sleep with; see also Thesaurus:copulate with
  5. (transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
    Synonym: beat
  6. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
    Synonyms: grab, nim; see also Thesaurus:grasp
  7. (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
    1. (transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.
      take a stand on the important issues
  8. (transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).
    Antonym: bring
    1. (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
    2. (transitive, of a path, road, etc.) To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.
    3. (transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.
    4. (transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).
    5. (reflexive) To go.
  9. (transitive) To use as a means of transportation.
  10. (transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.
    1. (transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.
  11. (transitive) To receive (medicine or drugs) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.
  12. (transitive) To consume (food or drink).
  13. (transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.
    take sun-baths
    take a shower
  14. (transitive) To experience or feel.
    to take a dislike
    to take pleasure in his opponent's death
  15. (transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).
    take a joke
  16. (transitive) To suffer; to endure (a hardship or damage).
  17. (transitive) To participate in.
  18. (transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.
  19. (transitive) To regard in a specified way.
  20. (transitive) To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.
  21. (transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).
  22. (transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.
  23. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
  24. (transitive) To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).
  25. (transitive) To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.
  26. (transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc.).
  27. (transitive) To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).
  28. (transitive) To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.
  29. (transitive, of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc.); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc.).
  30. (transitive, of a ship) To let in (water).
  31. (transitive) To require.
  32. (transitive) To proceed to fill.
  33. (transitive) To fill, require, or use up (time or space).
  34. (transitive) To fill or require: to last or expend (an amount of time).
  35. (transitive) To avail oneself of; to exploit.
  36. (transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.
  37. (transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).
    1. (transitive) To assume (a form).
    2. (transitive) To perform (a role).
    3. (transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc.).
  38. (transitive) To bind oneself by.
  39. (transitive) To go into, through, or along.
    1. (transitive) To go or move into.
  40. (transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.
    take cover/shelter/refuge
  41. (transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.
    take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure
    take a census
  42. (transitive) To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.
  43. (transitive) To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).
    The police took his fingerprints.
  44. (transitive, dated) To make a picture, photograph, etc. of (a person, scene, etc.).
  45. (transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.
  46. (transitive, now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.
  47. (transitive) To deal with.
  48. (transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.
  49. (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.
  50. (transitive) To accept as an input to a relation.
    1. (transitive, grammar) To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc.).
    2. (transitive, mathematics, computing) To accept (zero or more arguments).
  51. (intransitive) To get or accept (something) into one's possession.
  52. (intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.
    1. (of ink, dye, etc.) To adhere or be absorbed properly.
    2. (of a plant, etc.) To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to (literally or figuratively) take root, take hold.
    3. (of a mechanical device) To catch; to engage.
    4. (possibly dated) To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.
  53. (intransitive, copulative) To become; to be affected in a specified way.
  54. (intransitive, possibly dated) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.
  55. (intransitive, dialectal, proscribed) An intensifier.
  56. (transitive, obsolete) To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).
  57. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.
  58. (archaic) To visit; to include in a course of travel.
  59. (obsolete, rare) To portray in a painting.
  60. Used in phrasal verbs: take in, take off, take on, take out, take to, take something to, take up.

Usage notes

  • In a few informal sociolects, the past form took is sometimes replaced by the proscribed form taked.
  • Similarly, the participle taken is sometimes replaced by the equally proscribed tooken.
  • In older forms of English, when the pronoun thou was in active use, and verbs used -est for distinct second-person singular indicative forms, the verb take had the form takest, and had tookest for its past tense.
  • Similarly, when the ending -eth was in active use for third-person singular present indicative forms, the form taketh was used.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

take (plural takes)

  1. The or an act of taking.
  2. Something that is taken; a haul.
    1. Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.
    2. The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.
  3. An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
  4. An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
  5. (film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.
  6. (music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.
  7. A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.
  8. (medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.
  9. (rugby, cricket) A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).
  10. (printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take
  • intake
  • outtake
  • spit take
  • taking, taking
  • uptake

References

Anagrams

  • Kate, kate, keta, teak

Chinese

Etymology

From English take.

Pronunciation

Verb

take (Hong Kong Cantonese)

  1. to consume (drugs)
    • 企硬！take嘢衰硬！ [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZvEs8ePnLE
      kei5 ngaang6! tik1 je5 seoi1 ngaang6! [Jyutping]
      Stand firm! Taking drugs certainly causes one to make grave mistakes!
  2. (film) to film, to record a scene

Noun

take

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, film) take; attempts of recording or filming at one time (Classifier: 個／个 c)

Classifier

take

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Classifier for attempts.
    一take過／一take过 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 tik1 gwo3 [Jyutping]  ―  in one attempt

Japanese

Romanization

take

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たけ

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English turkey, named after Turkey, from Middle English Turkye, from French Turquie, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Persian ترک (tork), from Middle Persian twlk' (Turk), from an Old Turkic autonym, Türk or Türük.

Pronunciation

  • (phonetic) IPA(key): [tˠɑɡe]
  • (phonemic) IPA(key): /tˠækej/
  • Bender phonemes: {takȩy}

Noun

take

  1. a turkey

References

  • Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French taquet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /take/

Noun

take

  1. power switch.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Verb

take (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takende, first-/third-person singular past indicative toke, past participle taken)

  1. Alternative form of taken

Verb

take

  1. Alternative form of taken: past participle of taken

Etymology 2

Noun

take (plural takes)

  1. Alternative form of tak (“tack (small nail)”)

Etymology 3

Verb

take (third-person singular simple present taketh, present participle takende, takynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle taked)

  1. Alternative form of takken

Etymology 4

Noun

take (plural takes)

  1. Alternative form of tak (“tack (fee paid to keep swine)”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

take (present tense tek, past tense tok, past participle teke, passive infinitive takast, present participle takande, imperative tak)

  1. Alternative form of taka

Pilagá

Verb

take

  1. want
    se-take — I want

References

  • 2001, Alejandra Vidal, quoted in Subordination in Native South-American Languages

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