Take

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.4.3.1 Translations to be checked 1.4.4 Derived terms 2 Japanese 2.1 Romaji

English

Etymology

From Middle English < Old English tacan < Old Norse taka.

Pronunciation

• /teɪk/, /teIk/
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Verb

Infinitive to take

Third person singular takes

Simple past took

Past participle taken

Present participle taking

1. To grasp with the hands.
2. To grab and move to oneself.

   I’ll take that plate off the table.

3. To get into one's possession.
4. (military) To gain a position by force.

   After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.

5. To have sex with forcefully, possibly without consent.

   He took her.

6. To carry, particularly to a particular destination.

   I’ll take the plate with me.

   I’ll take the plate to the sink.

7. To choose.

   I’ll take the blue plates.

8. To support or carry without failing or breaking.

   That truck bed will only take two tons.

9. To endure or cope with.

   I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.

10. (baseball) To not swing at a pitch

    He’ll probably take this one.

11. To ingest medicine, drugs, etc.

    I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.

12. Usually with for, to assume or interpret to be.

    Do you take me for a fool

    I take it you’re not going.

13. To enroll (in a class, or a course of study)

    I’m taking math, physics, literature and flower arrangment.

14. To participate in, undergo (a test or exam).

    I’m taking my math final today.

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    Take!

16. To fight or attempt to fight somebody (see also take on).

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

17. To stick, persist, thrive or remain.

    I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn’t take.

18. (cricket) to catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.
19. (impersonal) To require.

    whatever it takes, it takes a village, it takes two

20. (transitive) To require.

    Winning takes patience.

21. To last [an amount of time].

    The trip takes ten minutes.

Synonyms

• (to grasp with the hands): grab, grasp, grip
• (to get into one's possession): confiscate, seize
• (military: to gain a position by force): capture, conquer, seize
• (to have sex with forcefully): have, rape

Translations

to grab with the hands

Catalan: agafar

Swedish: fatta, gripa, ta, ta tag i, hålla sig i

to grab and move to oneself

Albanian: merr Catalan: prendre Arabic: اخذ (’áχaða) Chinese: 拿 (ná) Croatian: uzeti, uzimati Dutch: nemen Esperanto: preni Finnish: ottaa French: prendre German: nehmen

Hungarian: vesz Italian: prendere Japanese: 取る (とる, toru) Korean: 잡다 (jabda) Portuguese: tomar Russian: брать / взять (brat’ / vzjat’) Spanish: tomar Swedish: ta

to get into one's possession

Catalan: prendre

Swedish: ta, få tag på

military: to gain a position by force

Swedish: erövra, ta

to have sex with forcefully

Catalan: violar, forçar

Swedish: ta

to choose

Catalan: agafar, escollir Finnish: ottaa

Swedish: ta, välja

to carry

Finnish: viedä

Portuguese: levar, carregar Spanish: llevar

to ingest medicine

Catalan: prendre Finnish: ottaa

Swedish: ta

to support or carry without failing or breaking

Finnish: kestää

Swedish: hålla, ta

to endure

Finnish: sietää, kestää

Swedish: ta, tåla

Noun

Singular take

Plural takes

1. An act of taking.
2. Something that is taken.
3. A profit or reward.

   He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.

4. An interpretation or view.

   What’s your take on this issue, Fred?

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   It’s a take.

   Act seven, scene three, take two.

6. (rugby) A catch.
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   I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.

8. (cricket) a catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper

Synonyms

• get
• ingest
• receive
• swallow

Antonyms

• bring
• drop
• give

Translations

act of taking

Swedish: tagande n.

something that is taken

profit or reward

Finnish: tuotto, voitto

Swedish: intäkter c. pl.

interpretation or view

Finnish: mielipide

film: attempt to record a scene

Catalan: presa Finnish: otto

Swedish: tagning c.

rugby: catch

acting: facial gesture

cricket: catch of the ball

Translations to be checked

• Chinese: 拿 (ná), 取 (qǔ), 握 (wò), 接受 (jiēshòu), 应付 (yìngfù)
• Czech: brát
• Dutch: nemen
• Filipino: kunin
• French: prendre, amener (2)
• German: nehmen
• Ido: prenar
• Indonesian: mengambil, memungut
• Italian: prendere (2,5,9,10), portare (1,4,6), violentare (3, also to rape)
• Japanese: 取る, (photograph) 撮る (とる, toru); つかむ (tsukamu)
• Polish: brać, wziąć, zabrać
• Macedonian: зема (zema)
• Russian: брать (brat’), взять (vzjat’)
• Serbian: узети (uzeti)
• Sicilian: pigghiari (2,5,9,10)
• Slovak: vziaÅ¥, zobraÅ¥
• Spanish: tomar
• Turkish: almak(1,2,7), yakalamak(4), anlamak(5)

Derived terms

bytake double take for the taking intake mistake outtake overtake spit take take a breather take a bite take a chill pill take a dump take a picture take a spill take a spin take aback take action take amiss take away take back take charge take comfort in take cover take down take exception to take five take guard take hold take in take it as it comes

take it easy take it out on take off take off the table take one's rest take one's time take out take part take place take pleasure take pride take prisoner, take no prisoners take silk take the mickey take the piss take time take to take to heart take to one's heels take turns take up take up for take up with takeaway takedown takeout takeout double takeover takings, taking uptake

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Japanese

Romaji

take (たけ)

1. 竹: bamboo
2. 丈: height
3. å²³: peak, mountain

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