Have vs. Take

Haveverb

(transitive) To possess, own, hold.

‘I have a house and a car.’; ‘Look what I have here — a frog I found on the street!’;

Takeverb

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

‘They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.’; ‘I'll take that plate off the table.’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To be related in some way to (with the object identifying the relationship).

‘I have two sisters.’; ‘I have a lot of work to do.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To seize or capture.

‘take the guards prisoner’; ‘take prisoners’; ‘After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To partake of a particular substance (especially a food or drink) or action.

‘I have breakfast at six o'clock.’; ‘Can I have a look at that?’; ‘I'm going to have some pizza and a beer right now.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).

‘took ten catfish in one afternoon’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To be scheduled to attend or participate in.

‘What class do you have right now? I have English.’; ‘Fred won't be able to come to the party; he has a meeting that day.’;

Takeverb

To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.

Haveverb

(auxiliary verb, taking a past participle) Used in forming the perfect aspect and the past perfect aspect.

‘I have already eaten today.’; ‘I had already eaten.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.

‘Billy took her pencil.’;

Haveverb

See have to.

‘I have to go.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To exact.

‘take a toll’; ‘take revenge’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To give birth to.

‘The couple always wanted to have children.’; ‘My wife is having the baby right now!’; ‘My mother had me when she was 25.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.

‘took the next two tricks’; ‘took Smith's rook’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To engage in sexual intercourse with.

‘He's always bragging about how many women he's had.’;

Takeverb

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

‘took third place’; ‘took bribes’; ‘The camera takes 35mm film.’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To accept as a romantic partner.

‘Despite my protestations of love, she would not have me.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.

‘The store doesn't take checks.’; ‘She wouldn't take any money for her help.’; ‘Do you take credit?’; ‘The vending machine only takes bills, it doesn't take coins.’;

Haveverb

To cause to, by a command, request or invitation.

‘They had me feed their dog while they were out of town.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To accept and follow (advice, etc).

‘take my advice’;

Haveverb

To cause to be.

‘He had him arrested for trespassing.’; ‘The lecture's ending had the entire audience in tears.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To receive into some relationship.

‘take a wife’; ‘The school only takes new students in the fall.’; ‘The therapist wouldn't take him as a client.’;

Haveverb

To be affected by an occurrence. (Used in supplying a topic that is not a verb argument.)

‘The hospital had several patients contract pneumonia last week.’; ‘I've had three people today tell me my hair looks nice.’;

Takeverb

To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).

Haveverb

To depict as being.

‘Their stories differed; he said he'd been at work when the incident occurred, but her statement had him at home that entire evening.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To remove.

‘take two eggs from the carton’;

Haveverb

Used as interrogative auxiliary verb with a following pronoun to form tag questions. (For further discussion, see "Usage notes" below.)

‘We haven't eaten dinner yet, have we?’; ‘Your wife hasn't been reading that nonsense, has she?’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To remove or end by death; to kill.

‘The earthquake took many lives.’; ‘The plague took rich and poor alike.’; ‘Cancer took her life.’; ‘He took his life last night.’;

Haveverb

To defeat in a fight; take.

‘I could have him!’; ‘I'm gonna have you!’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To subtract.

‘take one from three and you are left with two’;

Haveverb

(dated) To be able to speak a language.

‘I have no German.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To have sex with.

Haveverb

To feel or be (especially painfully) aware of.

‘Dan certainly has arms today, probably from scraping paint off four columns the day before.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

‘Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.’; ‘The woman guarding us looks like a professional, but I can take her!’;

Haveverb

To be afflicted with, suffer from.

‘He had a cold last week.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To grasp or grip.

‘He took her hand in his.’;

Haveverb

To experience, go through, undergo.

‘We had a hard year last year, with the locust swarms and all that.’; ‘He had surgery on his hip yesterday.’; ‘I'm having the time of my life!’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To select or choose; to pick.

‘Take whichever bag you like.’; ‘She took the best men with her and left the rest to garrison the city.’; ‘I'll take the blue plates.’; ‘I'll take two sugars in my coffee, please.’;

Haveverb

To trick, to deceive.

‘You had me alright! I never would have thought that was just a joke.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To adopt (select) as one's own.

‘She took his side in every argument.’; ‘take a stand on the important issues’;

Haveverb

To allow; to tolerate.

‘The child screamed incessantly for his mother to buy him a toy, but she wasn't having any of it.’; ‘I asked my dad if I could go to the concert this Thursday, but he wouldn't have it since it's a school night.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To carry or lead (something or someone).

‘She took her sword with her everywhere she went.’; ‘I'll take the plate with me.’;

Haveverb

To believe, buy, be taken in by.

‘I made up an excuse as to why I was out so late, but my wife wasn't having any of it.’;

Takeverb

To transport or carry; to convey to another place.

‘The next bus will take you to Metz.’; ‘I took him for a ride’; ‘I took him down to London.’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To host someone; to take in as a guest.

‘Thank you for having me!’;

Takeverb

To lead (to a place); to serve as a means of reaching.

‘These stairs take you down to the basement.’; ‘Stone Street took us right past the store.’;

Haveverb

(transitive) To get a reading, measurement, or result from an instrument or calculation.

‘What do you have for problem two?’; ‘I have two contacts on my scope.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To pass (or attempt to pass) through or around.

‘She took the steps two or three at a time/’; ‘He took the curve / corner too fast.’; ‘The pony took every hedge and fence in its path.’;

Haveverb

To consider a court proceeding that has been completed; to begin deliberations on a case.

‘We'll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To escort or conduct (a person).

‘He took her to lunch at the new restaurant, took her to the movies, and then took her home.’;

Havenoun

A wealthy or privileged person.

Takeverb

(reflexive) To go.

Havenoun

(uncommon) One who has some (contextually specified) thing.

Takeverb

(transitive) To use as a means of transportation.

‘take the ferry’; ‘I took a plane.’; ‘He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.’; ‘He's 96 but he still takes the stairs.’;

Havenoun

A fraud or deception; something misleading.

‘They advertise it as a great deal, but I think it's a bit of a have.’;

Takeverb

(obsolete) To visit; to include in a course of travel.

Haveverb

To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm.

Takeverb

(transitive) To obtain for use by payment or lease.

‘She took a condo at the beach for the summer.’; ‘He took a full-page ad in the Times.’;

Haveverb

To possess, as something which appertains to, is connected with, or affects, one.

‘The earth hath bubbles, as the water has.’; ‘He had a fever late.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To obtain or receive regularly by (paid) subscription.

‘They took two magazines.’; ‘I used to take The Sunday Times.’;

Haveverb

To accept possession of; to take or accept.

‘Break thy mind to me in broken English; wilt thou have me?’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To consume.

Haveverb

To get possession of; to obtain; to get.

Takeverb

(transitive) To receive (medicine) into one's body, e.g. by inhalation or swallowing; to ingest.

‘take two of these and call me in the morning’; ‘take the blue pill’; ‘I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.’;

Haveverb

To cause or procure to be; to effect; to exact; to desire; to require.

‘I had the church accurately described to me.’; ‘Wouldst thou have me turn traitor also?’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To partake of (food or drink); to consume.

‘The general took dinner at seven o'clock.’;

Haveverb

To bear, as young; as, she has just had a child.

Takeverb

(transitive) To experience, undergo, or endure.

Haveverb

To hold, regard, or esteem.

‘Of them shall I be had in honor.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To undergo; to put oneself into, to be subjected to.

‘take sun-baths’; ‘take a shower’; ‘She made the decision to take chemotherapy.’;

Haveverb

To cause or force to go; to take.

Takeverb

(transitive) To experience or feel.

‘She takes pride in her work.’; ‘I take offence at that.’; ‘to take a dislike’; ‘to take pleasure in his opponent's death’;

Haveverb

To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; - used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.

Takeverb

(transitive) To submit to; to endure (without ill humor, resentment, or physical failure).

‘took a pay cut’; ‘take a joke’; ‘The hull took a lot of punishment before it broke.’; ‘I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.’; ‘That truck bed will only take two tons.’;

Haveverb

To be under necessity or obligation; to be compelled; followed by an infinitive.

‘Science has, and will long have, to be a divider and a separatist.’; ‘The laws of philology have to be established by external comparison and induction.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To participate in.

‘She took a vacation to France but spent the whole time feeling miserable that her husband couldn't be there with her.’; ‘Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?’; ‘Despite my misgivings, I decided to take a meeting with the Russian lawyer.’;

Haveverb

To understand.

‘You have me, have you not?’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To suffer, to endure (a hardship or damage).

‘The ship took a direct hit and was destroyed.’; ‘Her career took a hit.’;

Haveverb

To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.

‘Myself for such a face had boldly died.’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

‘He had to take it apart to fix it.’; ‘She took down her opponent in two minutes.’;

Havenoun

a person who possesses great material wealth

Takeverb

(transitive) To regard in a specified way.

‘He took the news badly.’;

Haveverb

have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense;

‘She has $1,000 in the bank’; ‘He has got two beautiful daughters’; ‘She holds a Master's degree from Harvard’;

Takeverb

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

‘took the decision to close its last remaining outlet’; ‘took a dim view of city officials’;

Haveverb

have as a feature;

‘This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To understand (especially in a specified way).

‘Don't take my comments as an insult.’; ‘if she took my meaning’;

Haveverb

of mental or physical states or experiences;

‘get an idea’; ‘experience vertigo’; ‘get nauseous’; ‘undergo a strange sensation’; ‘The chemical undergoes a sudden change’; ‘The fluid undergoes shear’; ‘receive injuries’; ‘have a feeling’;

Takeverb

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

‘He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.’; ‘She took the blame, in the public's eyes, although the debacle was more her husband's fault than her own.’;

Haveverb

have ownership or possession of;

‘He owns three houses in Florida’; ‘How many cars does she have?’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To believe, to accept the statements of.

‘take her word for it’; ‘take him at his word’;

Haveverb

cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition;

‘He got his squad on the ball’; ‘This let me in for a big surprise’; ‘He got a girl into trouble’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

‘take it from her comments she won't be there.’; ‘I took him to be a person of honor.’; ‘He was often taken to be a man of means.’; ‘Do you take me for a fool?’; ‘Do you take me to be stupid?’; ‘Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.’;

Haveverb

serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

‘Have another bowl of chicken soup!’; ‘I don't take sugar in my coffee’;

Takeverb

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

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

Haveverb

have a personal or business relationship with someone;

‘have a postdoc’; ‘have an assistant’; ‘have a lover’;

Takeverb

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

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

Haveverb

organize or be responsible for;

‘hold a reception’; ‘have, throw, or make a party’; ‘give a course’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To catch or contract (an illness, etc).

‘took a chill’;

Haveverb

have left;

‘I have two years left’; ‘I don't have any money left’; ‘They have two more years before they retire’;

Takeverb

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

Haveverb

be confronted with;

‘What do we have here?’; ‘Now we have a fine mess’;

Takeverb

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

‘took her fancy’; ‘took her attention’;

Haveverb

undergo;

‘The stocks had a fast run-up’;

Takeverb

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

‘cloth that takes dye well’; ‘paper that takes ink’; ‘the leather that takes a certain kind of polish’;

Haveverb

suffer from; be ill with;

‘She has arthritis’;

Takeverb

To let in (water).

Haveverb

cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner;

‘The ads induced me to buy a VCR’; ‘My children finally got me to buy a computer’; ‘My wife made me buy a new sofa’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To require.

‘It takes a while to get used to the smell.’; ‘Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.’; ‘Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.’;

Haveverb

receive willingly something given or offered;

‘The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter’; ‘I won't have this dog in my house!’; ‘Please accept my present’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To proceed to fill.

‘He took a seat in the front row.’;

Haveverb

get something; come into possession of;

‘receive payment’; ‘receive a gift’; ‘receive letters from the front’;

Takeverb

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

‘Hunting that whale takes most of his free time.’; ‘His collection takes a lot of space.’; ‘The trip will take about ten minutes.’;

Haveverb

undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);

‘She suffered a fracture in the accident’; ‘He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars’; ‘She got a bruise on her leg’; ‘He got his arm broken in the scuffle’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To avail oneself of.

‘He took that opportunity to leave France.’;

Haveverb

achieve a point or goal;

‘Nicklaus had a 70’; ‘The Brazilian team got 4 goals’; ‘She made 29 points that day’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

‘take a walk’; ‘take action/steps/measures to fight drug abuse’; ‘take a trip’; ‘take aim’; ‘take the tempo slowly’; ‘The kick is taken from where the foul occurred.’; ‘Pirès ran in to take the kick.’; ‘The throw-in is taken from the point where the ball crossed the touch-line.’;

Haveverb

give birth (to a newborn);

‘My wife had twins yesterday!’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume or perform (a form or role).

Haveverb

have sex with; archaic use;

‘He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume (a form).

‘took the form of a duck’; ‘took shape’; ‘a god taking the likeness of a bird’;

Haveverb

possess, own, or hold

‘have you got a job yet?’; ‘he had a new car and a boat’; ‘I don't have that much money on me’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To perform (a role).

‘take the part of the villain/hero’;

Haveverb

possess (a quality, characteristic, or feature)

‘the ham had a sweet, smoky flavour’; ‘the house has gas-fired central heating’; ‘she's got blue eyes’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To assume and undertake the duties of (a job, an office, etc).

‘take office’; ‘take the throne’;

Haveverb

provide or indulge oneself with (something)

‘he had himself two highballs’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To bind oneself by.

‘he took the oath of office last night’;

Haveverb

be made up of; comprise

‘in 1989 the party had 10,000 members’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To move into.

‘the witness took the stand’; ‘the next team took the field’;

Haveverb

used to indicate a particular relationship

‘do you have a client named Peters?’; ‘he's got three children’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To go into, through, or along.

‘go down two blocks and take the next left’; ‘take the path of least resistance’;

Haveverb

be able to make use of (something available or at one's disposal)

‘how much time have I got for the presentation?’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To have and use one's recourse to.

‘take cover/shelter/refuge’;

Haveverb

have gained (a qualification)

‘he's got a BA in English’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

‘take her pulse / temperature / blood pressure’; ‘take a census’;

Haveverb

possess as an intellectual attainment; know (a language or subject)

‘he knew Latin and Greek; I had only a little French’;

Takeverb

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

‘He took a mental inventory of his supplies.’; ‘She took careful notes.’;

Haveverb

experience; undergo

‘I went to a few parties and had a good time’; ‘I was having difficulty in keeping awake’;

Takeverb

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

‘She took a video of their encounter.’; ‘Could you take a picture of us?’; ‘The police took his fingerprints.’;

Haveverb

suffer from (an illness, ailment, or disability)

‘I've got a headache’;

Takeverb

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

‘The photographer will take you sitting down.’; ‘to take a group/scene’;

Haveverb

let (a feeling or thought) come into one's mind; hold in the mind

‘he had the strong impression that someone was watching him’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

‘took me for ten grand’;

Haveverb

experience or suffer the specified action happening or being done to (something)

‘she had her bag stolen’;

Takeverb

To apply oneself to the study of.

‘As a child, she took ballet.’; ‘I plan to take math, physics, literature and flower arrangement this semester.’;

Haveverb

cause to be in a particular state or condition

‘I want to have everything ready in good time’; ‘I had the TV on with the sound turned down’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To deal with.

‘take matters as they arise’;

Haveverb

cause (something) to be done for one by someone else

‘it is advisable to have your carpet laid by a professional’;

Takeverb

(transitive) To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an 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.’;

Haveverb

tell or arrange for (someone) to do something for one

‘he had his bodyguards throw Chris out’; ‘she's always having the builders in to do something or other’;

Takeverb

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

‘He'll probably take this one.’;

Haveverb

have put (someone) at a disadvantage in an argument

‘you've got me there; I've never given the matter much thought’;

Takeverb

To have to be used with (a certain grammatical form, etc).

‘This verb takes the dative; that verb takes the genitive.’;

Haveverb

cheat or deceive (someone)

‘I realized I'd been had’;

Takeverb

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

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

Haveverb

engage in sexual intercourse with.

Takeverb

(intransitive) To engage, take hold or have effect.

Haveverb

be obliged or find it necessary to do the specified thing

‘sorry, we've got to dash’; ‘you don't have to accept this situation’;

Takeverb

To adhere or be absorbed properly.

‘the dye didn't take’;

Haveverb

be strongly recommended to do something

‘if you think that place is great, you have to try our summer house’;

Takeverb

To begin to grow after being grafted or planted; to take root, take hold.

‘not all grafts take’; ‘I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.’;

Haveverb

be certain or inevitable to happen or be the case

‘there has to be a catch’;

Takeverb

To catch; to engage.

Haveverb

perform the action indicated by the noun specified (used especially in spoken English as an alternative to a more specific verb)

‘he had a look round’; ‘the colour green has a restful effect’;

Takeverb

To win acceptance, favor or favorable reception; to charm people.

Haveverb

organize and bring about

‘are you going to have a party?’;

Takeverb

(intransitive) To have the intended effect.

Haveverb

eat or drink

‘they had beans on toast’;

Takeverb

(intransitive) To become; to be affected in a specified way.

‘They took ill within 3 hours.’; ‘She took sick with the flu.’;

Haveverb

give birth to or be due to give birth to

‘she's going to have a baby’;

Takeverb

To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

Haveverb

show (a personal attribute or quality) by one's actions or attitude

‘he had little patience with technological gadgetry’; ‘you never even phoned, and now you've got the cheek to come back’;

Takeverb

An intensifier.

Haveverb

exercise or show (mercy, pity, etc.) towards another person

‘God have mercy on me!’;

Takeverb

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

Haveverb

accept or tolerate

‘I can't have you insulting Tom like that’;

Takeverb

To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

‘He took me a blow on the head.’;

Haveverb

place or keep (something) in a particular position

‘Mary had her back to me’; ‘I soon had the trout in a net’;

Takenoun

The or an act of taking.

Haveverb

hold or grasp in a particular way

‘he had me by the throat’;

Takenoun

Something that is taken; a haul.

Haveverb

be the recipient of (something sent, given, or done)

‘she had a letter from Mark’;

Takenoun

Money that is taken in, (legal or illegal) proceeds, income; (in particular) profits.

‘He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.’; ‘The mayor is on the take.’;

Haveverb

take or invite into one's home so as to provide care or entertainment

‘we're having the children for the weekend’;

Takenoun

The or a quantity of fish, game animals or pelts, etc which have been taken at one time; catch.

Haveverb

used with a past participle to form the perfect, pluperfect, and future perfect tenses, and the conditional mood

‘he had asked her’; ‘I have finished’; ‘she will have left by now’; ‘‘Have you seen him?’ ‘Yes, I have.’’; ‘I could have helped, had I known’;

Takenoun

An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.

‘What's your take on this issue, Fred?’;

Havenoun

people with plenty of money and possessions

‘an increasing gap between the haves and have-nots’;

Takenoun

An approach, a (distinct) treatment.

‘a new take on a traditional dish’;

Havenoun

a swindle.

Takenoun

(film) A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.

‘It's a take.’; ‘Act seven, scene three, take two.’;

Takenoun

(music) A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.

Takenoun

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’; ‘I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.’;

Takenoun

(medicine) An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.

Takenoun

A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).

Takenoun

(printing) The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

Take

Taken.

Takeverb

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.

Takeverb

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 an 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.

‘This man was taken of the Jews.’; ‘Men in their loose, unguarded hours they take;Not that themselves are wise, but others weak.’; ‘They that come abroad after these showers are commonly taken with sickness.’; ‘There he blasts the tree and takes the cattleAnd makes milch kine yield blood.’;

Takeverb

In a somewhat passive sense, to receive; to bear; to endure; to acknowledge; to accept.

Takeverb

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

‘Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.’; ‘Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience.’; ‘I know not why, but there was a something in those half-seen features, - a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, - which took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions.’;

Takeverb

To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.

‘Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer.’; ‘Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore.’;

Takeverb

To make a picture, photograph, or the like, of; as, to take a group or a scene.

Takeverb

To make selection of; to choose; also, to turn to; to have recourse to; as, to take the road to the right.

‘Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.’; ‘The violence of storming is the course which God is forced to take for the destroying . . . of sinners.’;

Takeverb

To receive as something to be eaten or drunk; to partake of; to swallow; as, to take food or wine.

Takeverb

To give or deliver (a blow to); to strike; hit; as, he took me in the face; he took me a blow on the head.

‘For now Troy's broad-wayed townHe shall take in.’; ‘The ancients took up experiments upon credit.’; ‘One of his relations took him up roundly.’; ‘Soon as the evening shades prevail,The moon takes up the wondrous tale.’;

Takeverb

To employ; to use; to occupy; hence, to demand; to require; as, it takes so much cloth to make a coat; it takes five hours to get to Boston from New York by car.

‘This man always takes time . . . before he passes his judgments.’;

Takeverb

Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear; as, to take a hedge or fence.

Takeverb

To form a likeness of; to copy; to delineate; to picture; as, to take a picture of a person.

‘Beauty alone could beauty take so right.’;

Takeverb

To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man.

Takeverb

To draw; to deduce; to derive.

‘The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery.’;

Takeverb

To admit, as, something presented to the mind; not to dispute; to allow; to accept; to receive in thought; to entertain in opinion; to understand; to interpret; to regard or look upon; to consider; to suppose; as, to take a thing for granted; this I take to be man's motive; to take men for spies.

‘You take me right.’; ‘Charity, taken in its largest extent, is nothing else but the science love of God and our neighbor.’; ‘[He] took that for virtue and affection which was nothing but vice in a disguise.’; ‘You'd doubt his sex, and take him for a girl.’;

Takeverb

To assume; to adopt; to acquire, as shape; to permit to one's self; to indulge or engage in; to yield to; to have or feel; to enjoy or experience, as rest, revenge, delight, shame; to form and adopt, as a resolution; - used in general senses, limited by a following complement, in many idiomatic phrases; as, to take a resolution; I take the liberty to say.

Takeverb

To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept; to bear; to submit to; to enter into agreement with; - used in general senses; as, to take a form or shape.

‘I take thee at thy word.’; ‘Yet thy moist clay is pliant to command; . . . Not take the mold.’;

Takeverb

To lead; to conduct; as, to take a child to church.

Takeverb

To carry; to convey; to deliver to another; to hand over; as, he took the book to the bindery; he took a dictionary with him.

‘He took me certain gold, I wot it well.’;

Takeverb

To remove; to withdraw; to deduct; - with from; as, to take the breath from one; to take two from four.

Takeverb

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.

‘When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.’; ‘In impressions from mind to mind, the impression taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect.’;

Takeverb

To please; to gain reception; to succeed.

‘Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake,And hint he writ it, if the thing should take.’;

Takeverb

To move or direct the course; to resort; to betake one's self; to proceed; to go; - usually with to; as, the fox, being hard pressed, took to the hedge.

Takeverb

To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph; as, his face does not take well.

Takenoun

That which is taken, such as the quantity of fish captured at one haul or catch, or the amouont of money collected during one event; as, the box-office take.

Takenoun

The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.

Takenoun

the income arising from land or other property;

‘the average return was about 5%’;

Takenoun

the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

Takeverb

carry out;

‘take action’; ‘take steps’; ‘take vengeance’;

Takeverb

as of time or space;

‘It took three hours to get to work this morning’; ‘This event occupied a very short time’;

Takeverb

take somebody somewhere;

‘We lead him to our chief’; ‘can you take me to the main entrance?’; ‘He conducted us to the palace’;

Takeverb

get into one's hands, take physically;

‘Take a cookie!’; ‘Can you take this bag, please’;

Takeverb

take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect;

‘His voice took on a sad tone’; ‘The story took a new turn’; ‘he adopted an air of superiority’; ‘She assumed strange manners’; ‘The gods assume human or animal form in these fables’;

Takeverb

interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression;

‘I read this address as a satire’; ‘How should I take this message?’; ‘You can't take credit for this!’;

Takeverb

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere;

‘Bring me the box from the other room’; ‘Take these letters to the boss’; ‘This brings me to the main point’;

Takeverb

take into one's possession;

‘We are taking an orphan from Romania’; ‘I'll take three salmon steaks’;

Takeverb

require as useful, just, or proper;

‘It takes nerve to do what she did’; ‘success usually requires hard work’; ‘This job asks a lot of patience and skill’; ‘This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice’; ‘This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert’; ‘This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent’;

Takeverb

pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;

‘Take any one of these cards’; ‘Choose a good husband for your daughter’; ‘She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her’;

Takeverb

travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route;

‘He takes the bus to work’; ‘She takes Route 1 to Newark’;

Takeverb

receive willingly something given or offered;

‘The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter’; ‘I won't have this dog in my house!’; ‘Please accept my present’;

Takeverb

assume, as of positions or roles;

‘She took the job as director of development’;

Takeverb

take into consideration for exemplifying purposes;

‘Take the case of China’; ‘Consider the following case’;

Takeverb

experience or feel or submit to;

‘Take a test’; ‘Take the plunge’;

Takeverb

make a film or photograph of something;

‘take a scene’; ‘shoot a movie’;

Takeverb

remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract;

‘remove a threat’; ‘remove a wrapper’; ‘Remove the dirty dishes from the table’; ‘take the gun from your pocket’; ‘This machine withdraws heat from the environment’;

Takeverb

serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

‘Have another bowl of chicken soup!’; ‘I don't take sugar in my coffee’;

Takeverb

accept or undergo, often unwillingly;

‘We took a pay cut’;

Takeverb

make use of or accept for some purpose;

‘take a risk’; ‘take an opportunity’;

Takeverb

take by force;

‘Hitler took the Baltic Republics’; ‘The army took the fort on the hill’;

Takeverb

occupy or take on;

‘He assumes the lotus position’; ‘She took her seat on the stage’; ‘We took our seats in the orchestra’; ‘She took up her position behind the tree’; ‘strike a pose’;

Takeverb

admit into a group or community;

‘accept students for graduate study’; ‘We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member’;

Takeverb

ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial;

‘take a pulse’; ‘A reading was taken of the earth's tremors’;

Takeverb

be a student of a certain subject;

‘She is reading for the bar exam’;

Takeverb

take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs;

‘the accident claimed three lives’; ‘The hard work took its toll on her’;

Takeverb

head into a specified direction;

‘The escaped convict took to the hills’; ‘We made for the mountains’;

Takeverb

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

‘Please don't aim at your little brother!’; ‘He trained his gun on the burglar’; ‘Don't train your camera on the women’; ‘Take a swipe at one's opponent’;

Takeverb

be seized or affected in a specified way;

‘take sick’; ‘be taken drunk’;

Takeverb

have with oneself; have on one's person;

‘She always takes an umbrella’; ‘I always carry money’; ‘She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains’;

Takeverb

engage for service under a term of contract;

‘We took an apartment on a quiet street’; ‘Let's rent a car’; ‘Shall we take a guide in Rome?’;

Takeverb

receive or obtain by regular payment;

‘We take the Times every day’;

Takeverb

buy, select;

‘I'll take a pound of that sausage’;

Takeverb

to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort;

‘take shelter from the storm’;

Takeverb

have sex with; archaic use;

‘He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable’;

Takeverb

lay claim to; as of an idea;

‘She took credit for the whole idea’;

Takeverb

be designed to hold or take;

‘This surface will not take the dye’;

Takeverb

be capable of holding or containing;

‘This box won't take all the items’; ‘The flask holds one gallon’;

Takeverb

develop a habit;

‘He took to visiting bars’;

Takeverb

proceed along in a vehicle;

‘We drive the turnpike to work’;

Takeverb

obtain by winning;

‘Winner takes all’; ‘He took first prize’;

Takeverb

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness;

‘He got AIDS’; ‘She came down with pneumonia’; ‘She took a chill’;

Takeverb

lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold

‘he leaned forward to take her hand’;

Takeverb

capture or gain possession of by force or military means

‘twenty of their ships were sunk or taken’; ‘the French took Ghent’;

Takeverb

(in bridge, whist, and similar card games) win (a trick)

‘West leads a club enabling his partner to take three tricks in the suit’;

Takeverb

capture (an opposing piece or pawn)

‘Black takes the rook with his bishop’;

Takeverb

dismiss a batsman from (his wicket)

‘he took seven wickets in the second innings’;

Takeverb

dispossess someone of (something); steal or illicitly remove

‘someone must have sneaked in here and taken it’;

Takeverb

occupy (a place or position)

‘we found that all the seats were taken’;

Takeverb

rent (a house)

‘they decided to take a small house in the country’;

Takeverb

agree to buy (an item)

‘I'll take the one on the end’;

Takeverb

(of a person) already be married or in an emotional relationship.

Takeverb

use or have ready to use

‘take half the marzipan and roll out’;

Takeverb

use as an instance or example in support of an argument

‘let's take Napoleon, for instance’;

Takeverb

regularly buy or subscribe to (a particular newspaper or periodical).

Takeverb

ascertain by measurement or observation

‘the nurse takes my blood pressure’;

Takeverb

write down

‘he was taking notes’;

Takeverb

make (a photograph) with a camera

‘he stopped to take a snap’;

Takeverb

(especially of illness) suddenly strike or afflict (someone)

‘mum's been taken bad’;

Takeverb

have sexual intercourse with.

Takeverb

remove (someone or something) from a particular place

‘the police took him away’; ‘he took an envelope from his inside pocket’;

Takeverb

subtract

‘add the numbers together and take away five’; ‘take two from ten’;

Takeverb

carry or bring with one; convey

‘I took him a letter’; ‘he took along a portfolio of his drawings’; ‘the drive takes you through some wonderful scenery’;

Takeverb

accompany or guide (someone) to a specified place

‘I'll take you to your room’;

Takeverb

bring into a specified state

‘the invasion took Europe to the brink of war’;

Takeverb

use as a route or a means of transport

‘we took the night train to Scotland’; ‘take the A43 towards Bicester’;

Takeverb

accept or receive (someone or something)

‘they don't take children’; ‘she was advised to take any job offered’;

Takeverb

understand or accept as valid

‘I take your point’;

Takeverb

acquire or assume (a position, state, or form)

‘teaching methods will take various forms’; ‘he took office in September’;

Takeverb

receive (a specified amount of money) as payment or earnings

‘on its first day of trading the shop took 1.6 million roubles’;

Takeverb

achieve or attain (a victory or result)

‘John Martin took the men's title’;

Takeverb

act on (an opportunity)

‘he took his chance to get out while the house was quiet’;

Takeverb

experience or be affected by

‘the lad took a savage beating’;

Takeverb

react to or regard (news or an event) in a specified way

‘she took the news well’; ‘everything you say, he takes it the wrong way’;

Takeverb

deal with (a physical obstacle or course) in a specified way

‘he takes the corners with no concern for his own safety’;

Takeverb

regard or view in a specified way

‘he somehow took it as a personal insult’; ‘I fell over what I took to be a heavy branch’;

Takeverb

be attracted or charmed by

‘Billie was very taken with him’;

Takeverb

submit to, tolerate, or endure

‘some people found her hard to take’; ‘they refused to take it any more’;

Takeverb

assume

‘I take it that someone is coming to meet you’;

Takeverb

consume as food, drink, medicine, or drugs

‘take an aspirin and lie down’;

Takeverb

make, undertake, or perform (an action or task)

‘Lucy took a deep breath’; ‘the key decisions are still to be taken’;

Takeverb

conduct (a ceremony or gathering).

Takeverb

be taught or examined in (a subject)

‘some degrees require a student to take a secondary subject’;

Takeverb

obtain (an academic degree) after fulfilling the required conditions

‘she took a degree in business studies’;

Takeverb

require or use up (a specified amount of time)

‘it takes me about a quarter of an hour to walk to work’; ‘the jury took an hour and a half to find McPherson guilty’;

Takeverb

(of a task or situation) need or call for (a particular person or thing)

‘it will take an electronics expert to dismantle it’;

Takeverb

hold; accommodate

‘an exclusive island hideaway that takes just twenty guests’;

Takeverb

wear or require (a particular size of garment or type of complementary article)

‘he only takes size 5 boots’;

Takeverb

(of a plant or seed) take root or begin to grow; germinate

‘the fuchsia cuttings had taken and were looking good’;

Takeverb

(of an added substance) become successfully established

‘these type of grafts take much better than other xenografts’;

Takeverb

have or require as part of the appropriate construction

‘verbs which take both the infinitive and the finite clause as their object’;

Takenoun

a scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time

‘he completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes’;

Takenoun

a particular version of or approach to something

‘his own whimsical take on life’;

Takenoun

an amount of something gained or acquired from one source or in one session

‘the take from commodity taxation’;

Takenoun

the money received at a cinema or theatre for seats.

Takenoun

an amount of copy set up at one time or by one compositor.

Take

A take is a single continuous recorded performance. The term is used in film and music to denote and track the stages of production.