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take

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ̯k/

The English word “take” has 20 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
  2. To seize or capture.
  3. To catch or get possession of (fish or game).
  4. To catch the ball; especially as a wicket-keeper and after the batsman has missed or edged it.
  5. To appropriate or transfer into one's own possession, sometimes by physically carrying off.
  6. To exact.
  7. To capture or win (a piece or trick) in a game.
  8. To receive or accept (something, especially something which was given).
  9. To receive or accept (something) as payment or compensation.
  10. To accept and follow (advice, etc.).
  11. To receive into some relationship.
  12. To receive or acquire (property) by law (e.g. as an heir).
  13. To accept, be given (rightly or wrongly), or assume (especially as if by right).
  14. To remove.
  15. To remove or end by death; to kill.
  16. To subtract.
  17. To have sex with.
  18. To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.
  19. To grasp or grip.
  20. To select or choose; to pick.

Etymology

From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”). Alternatively, inherited from Proto-West Germanic *takan (“to take; grasp, touch”). Both from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of…

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