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Definitions of take

Noun

  1. 1.An occurrence involving acquisition, removal, acceptance, or capture.
  2. 2.Something acquired or captured, especially the total amount collected.
  3. 3.A specific interpretation, assessment, opinion, or individual perspective.
  4. 4.A distinctive approach or interpretive treatment of something.
  5. 5.A continuously recorded film scene or one recording attempt.
  6. 6.A single uninterrupted capture of one musical performance.
  7. 7.A successful instance of vaccination producing the intended immune response.
  8. 8.In rugby or cricket, successfully catching the moving ball.
  9. 9.In printing, copy assigned in one batch for a compositor.

Verb

  1. 1.To acquire custody, ownership, or control, either peacefully or forcibly.
  2. 2.To accept, receive, or collect an item offered, bestowed, or awarded.
  3. 3.To remove something from its current location or possessor.
  4. 4.To defeat an opponent during a fight or contest.
  5. 5.To hold something firmly with the hands or another gripping part.
  6. 6.To select one person, object, or option from available choices.
  7. 7.To choose and adopt some idea, practice, or object personally.
  8. 8.To carry, guide, or convey a person or object elsewhere.
  9. 9.To ride aboard a chosen vehicle or transportation service.
  10. 10.In older use, to visit a place during a journey.
  11. 11.To obtain temporary or permanent use through purchase, hire, or lease.
  12. 12.To eat, drink, swallow, or otherwise consume something.
  13. 13.To undergo, tolerate, or live through some event or condition.
  14. 14.To put a person or object into some designated condition.
  15. 15.To view or interpret something according to a stated understanding.
  16. 16.To arrive mentally at a decision, judgment, or opinion.
  17. 17.To understand language, behavior, or events according to one sense.
  18. 18.To accept, receive, or assume something, legitimately or otherwise.
  19. 19.To accept another person's statement as being truthful.
  20. 20.To suppose, assume, estimate, or consider something to be true.
  21. 21.To infer meaning by using the information currently available.
  22. 22.To receive one's name, title, or characteristic through another source.
  23. 23.To acquire an illness through infection or exposure.
  24. 24.To discover somebody while that person occupies some given condition.
  25. 25.To attract, charm, or win somebody's interest and affection.
  26. 26.For a material, to absorb and retain dye, ink, polish, or another treatment.
  27. 27.For vessels, to admit water through the hull.
  28. 28.To need a particular amount, resource, action, or quality.
  29. 29.To begin filling a space, position, or container.
  30. 30.To occupy or consume a stated quantity of room or duration.
  31. 31.To use an opportunity, service, right, or resource.
  32. 32.To complete or undertake one specifically designated action.
  33. 33.To adopt a role, form, or function and perform accordingly.
  34. 34.To commit oneself formally through an oath, promise, or agreement.
  35. 35.To enter and occupy a particular position or place.
  36. 36.To enter, traverse, or follow some designated route.
  37. 37.To seek help through a chosen method, remedy, or resource.
  38. 38.To establish a fact or quantity using tests, measurements, or investigation.
  39. 39.To record information in writing or another permanent form.
  40. 40.To create photographic, filmed, or otherwise reproduced visual material.
  41. 41.In older use, to photograph a person, place, or scene.
  42. 42.To acquire another person's money through deception, fraud, or swindling.
  43. 43.To study a subject, commonly through formal enrollment in coursework.
  44. 44.To handle, address, or respond to a matter.
  45. 45.To examine something under one perspective or use it illustratively.
  46. 46.In baseball, to permit a delivered pitch to pass without swinging.
  47. 47.In grammar, to govern or demand some particular construction.
  48. 48.To receive something and thereby become its owner.
  49. 49.To begin working, become established, or produce an effect.
  50. 50.To become affected or change according to a stated manner.
  51. 51.To appear accurate or attractive when captured in photographs.
  52. 52.In some dialects, to add emphasis to a following expression.
  53. 53.Archaically, to convey an object directly into someone else's keeping.
  54. 54.In older use, to strike somebody by administering a blow.

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