take
take Lexical Profile
take Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To accept or receive something offered, given, or presented.
"Does this bakery take credit cards, or is it cash only?"
To require or use up a specified amount of time, effort, or resources.
"It will take at least three hours to complete the software update."
To use a particular route or mode of transportation in order to travel somewhere.
"We decided to take the commuter train into the city to avoid highway traffic."
To lay hold of something with one's hands; to reach for and hold or grasp.
"Please take my hand as we cross the busy intersection."
To carry, accompany, or bring someone or something from one place to another.
"Don't forget to take your umbrella with you before leaving for work."
• noun
A particular version, interpretation, or personal perspective on a situation or topic.
"The journalist offered a refreshing take on the latest economic policy."
A continuous, uninterrupted recording of a scene in a film, television show, or musical session.
"The director was pleased with the actor's performance and approved the scene on the very first take."
The amount of money received or collected from a business venture, event, or sale.
"The charity concert's total take exceeded all previous fundraising records."
Word Nuance & Usage
'Take' denotes movement away from the speaker or current location toward another destination, whereas 'bring' denotes movement toward the speaker or listener.
• Rhymes for take
Word Origin & Etymology
From late Old English tacan, borrowed from Old Norse taka ('to touch, grasp, seize'), which gradually displaced the native Old English verb niman ('to take').