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Noun
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
Noun
the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
Verb
carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
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require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
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take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
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get into one''s hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
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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"
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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!"
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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"
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take into one''s possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I''ll take three salmon steaks"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
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take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
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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 postulate a patient''s consent"
Verb
experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
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make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
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remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, 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"
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serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don''t take sugar in my coffee"
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accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"
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make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
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take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
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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"
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head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
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point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "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"
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be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"
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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"
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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?"
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receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"
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buy, select; "I''ll take a pound of that sausage"
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to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm"
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have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
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lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"
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be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"
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be capable of holding or containing; "This box won''t take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
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develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"
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proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"
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obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
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be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
Synonyms
accept
acquire
admit
adopt
aim
ask
assume
bring
call for
carry
charter
choose
claim
conduct
consider
consume
contain
contract
convey
deal
demand
direct
drive
engage
exact
fill
film
get
get hold of
guide
have
hire
hold
ingest
involve
issue
lead
learn
lease
look at
make
necessitate
need
occupy
pack
payoff
pick out
postulate
proceeds
read
remove
rent
require
return
select
shoot
strike
study
submit
subscribe
subscribe to
take aim
take away
take in
take on
take up
takings
train
use up
withdraw
yield
More General Terms
accept
acquire
act
affirm
apply
ask
assert
aver
avow
bang
be
be intimate
become
bed
bonk
buy
call for
carry
change
cinematography
come down
construe
cover
cross
cut across
cut through
decide
demand
determine
do it
do work
eff
employ
enter
expend
experience
feature
filming
find
fuck
get
get across
get it on
get laid
get over
go
have
have a go at it
have intercourse
have it away
have it off
have sex
head
hump
income
incur
interpret
involve
jazz
know
lie with
love
make love
make out
make up one''s mind
motion-picture photography
move
necessitate
need
obtain
pass over
position
postulate
purchase
put down
receive
record
require
roll in the hay
screw
see
sicken
sleep together
sleep with
swan
swear
take
think about
track
transport
traverse
undergo
use
utilise
utilize
verify
win
work
More Specific Terms
ablate
abstract
accept
admit
adopt
aim
amputate
anoint
arrogate
aspirate
assign
assume
attach
audit
bail
bail out
bale out
be
beacon
bear
bear away
bear off
bone
booze
borrow
bring back
brush
bur
burl
burr
call back
call in
cancel
cannibalise
cannibalize
carry
carry away
carry off
carve out
cast
cast off
catch
channel
charge
chip away
chip away at
circumcise
claim
clean
clear
clear away
clear off
clear out
clear up
clutch
collect
compel
condense
conduct
confiscate
contemplate
convey
co-opt
cost
cream
cream off
crumb
cry for
cry out for
cull out
cut into
cut off
dally
debone
decalcify
decarbonise
decarbonize
decarburise
decarburize
decoke
decorticate
defang
define
defuse
degas
dehorn
de-iodinate
de-ionate
delete
delouse
delve
demineralise
demineralize
depilate
deprive
descale
desorb
despoil
determine
detoxicate
detoxify
detusk
dial
dig
direct
disburden
discharge
disembowel
disinvest
dislodge
dismantle
divest
do drugs
draw
draw a bead on
draw away
draw off
draw out
dredge
drill
drink
drive out
drop
drug
eat
economic rent
elect
eliminate
empanel
empty
enucleate
epilate
espouse
eviscerate
exact
excavate
excerpt
exenterate
exercise
expectorate
extirpate
extort
extract
feed
ferry
fetch
field
fill
fix
flick
follow
foray
free
fuddle
get down
get out
go
govern
grab
gut
habituate
hand
harvest
head
hit
hold
hollow
honor
honour
hull
husk
hypophysectomise
hypophysectomize
imbibe
impanel
impart
impound
knock out
lade
laden
ladle
land
leach
lead astray
level
lift
lift out
limit
loot
misdirect
misguide
misinterpret
mislead
misread
muck
nominate
offsaddle
panel
partake
payback
pick
pick over
pillage
pit
place
play
plump
plunder
pocket
point
practice
practise
prehend
prepare
profess
propose
pull
pull off
pull out
pull up
ransack
ream
re-assume
reave
recall
recapture
relieve
rent
replete
repossess
rescue
resect
reshoot
retake
return
rifle
sack
sample
sate
satiate
scale
scalp
scavenge
scoop
scoop out
scoop up
screen
screen out
seed
seize
sequester
set
set apart
shake off
shed
shell
show
shuck
sieve
sieve out
sift
sight
single out
skim
skim off
smoke
snaffle
snap up
sop up
sort
specify
spoon
steal
stem
stone
string
strip
suck in
suck out
sup
swallow
swing
take
take away
take back
take in
take off
take on
take out
take over
take up
target
taste
tear away
tear off
test
think of
throw
throw away
throw off
tip
touch
train
transit
transmit
trifle
try
try out
tube
turn
turn over
tusk
unburden
undock
undress
unhinge
unpack
unsaddle
unstring
unveil
use
usher
usurp
vote
vote in
warm to
wash
wash away
wash off
wash out
wear away
wear off
weed
welcome
whisk
winnow
wipe away
wipe off
withdraw