take

1. verb

1)

she took his hand

Syn:

lay hold of, get hold of; grasp, grip, clasp, clutch, grab

Ant:

give

2)

he took an envelope from his pocket

Syn:

remove, pull, draw, withdraw, extract, fish

Ant:

give

3)

a passage taken from my book

Syn:

extract, quote, cite, excerpt, derive, abstract, copy, cull

4)

she took a little wine

Syn:

drink, imbibe; consume, swallow, eat, ingest

5)

many prisoners were taken

Syn:

capture, seize, catch, arrest, apprehend, take into custody; carry off, abduct

Ant:

liberate, free

6)

someone's taken my car

Syn:

steal, remove, appropriate, make off with, pilfer, purloin; informal filch, swipe, snaffle, pinch

Ant:

give back, restore

7)

take four from the total

Syn:

subtract, deduct, remove; discount; informal knock off, minus

Ant:

add

8)

all the seats had been taken

Syn:

occupy, use, utilize, fill, hold; reserve, engage; informal bag

9)

I have taken a room nearby

Syn:

rent, lease, hire, charter; reserve, book, engage

10)

I took the job

Syn:

accept, undertake, take on

Ant:

refuse, turn down

11)

I'd take this over the other option

Syn:

pick, choose, select; prefer, favor, opt for, vote for

Ant:

refuse, turn down

12)

take, for instance, Altoona

Syn:

consider, contemplate, ponder, think about, mull over, examine, study, meditate over, ruminate about

13)

she took his temperature

Syn:

ascertain, determine, establish, measure, find out, discover; calculate, compute, evaluate, rate, assess, appraise, gauge

14)

he took notes

Syn:

write, note (down), jot (down), scribble, scrawl, record, register, document, minute

15)

I took the package to Wilmington

Syn:

bring, carry, bear, transport, convey, move, transfer, ferry; informal cart, tote

16)

the police took her home

Syn:

escort, accompany, help, assist, show, lead, guide, see, usher, shepherd, convey

17)

he took the train

Syn:

travel on/by, journey on, go via; use

18)

the town takes its name from the lake

Syn:

derive, get, obtain, come by, acquire, pick up

19)

she took the prize for best speaker

Syn:

receive, obtain, gain, get, acquire, collect, accept, be awarded; secure, come by, win, earn, pick up, carry off; informal land, bag, net, scoop

20)

I took the chance to postpone it

Syn:

act on, take advantage of, capitalize on, use, exploit, make the most of, leap at, jump at, pounce on, seize, grasp, grab, accept

Ant:

ignore, miss

21)

he took great pleasure in painting

Syn:

derive, draw, acquire, obtain, get, gain, extract, procure; experience, undergo, feel

22)

Liz took the news badly

Syn:

receive, respond to, react to, meet, greet; deal with, cope with

23)

do you take me for a fool?

Syn:

regard as, consider to be, view as, see as, believe to be, reckon to be, imagine to be, deem to be

24)

I take it that you are hungry

Syn:

assume, presume, suppose, imagine, expect, reckon, gather, dare say, trust, surmise, deduce, guess, conjecture, fancy, suspect

25)

I take your point

Syn:

understand, grasp, get, comprehend, apprehend, see, follow; accept, appreciate, acknowledge, sympathize with, agree with

26)

Shirley was very taken with him

Syn:

captivate, enchant, charm, delight, attract, beguile, enthrall, entrance, infatuate, dazzle; amuse, divert, entertain; informal tickle someone's fancy

27)

I can't take much more

Syn:

endure, bear, tolerate, stand, put up with, abide, stomach, accept, allow, countenance, support, shoulder; formal brook; archaic suffer

28)

applicants must take a test

Syn:

carry out, do, complete, write, conduct, perform, execute, discharge, accomplish, fulfill

29)

I took drama, French, and art history

Syn:

study, learn, have lessons in; take up, pursue; informal do

30)

the journey took six hours

Syn:

last, continue for, go on for, carry on for; require, call for, need, necessitate, entail, involve

31)

it would take an expert to know that

Syn:

require, need, necessitate, demand, call for, entail, involve

32)

I take size six shoes

Syn:

wear, use; require, need

33)

the dye did not take

Syn:

be effective, take effect, hold, root, be productive, be effectual, be useful; work, operate, succeed, function; formal be efficacious

2. noun

1)

the whalers' commercial take

Syn:

catch, haul, bag, yield, net

2)

the state's tax take

Syn:

revenue, income, gain, profit; takings, proceeds, returns, receipts, winnings, pickings, earnings, spoils; purse

3)

a clapperboard for the start of each take

Syn:

scene, sequence, film clip, clip

4)

a fresh take on gender issues

Syn:

view of, reading of, version of, interpretation of, understanding of, account of, analysis of, approach to

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- take after

- take apart

- take someone back

- take something back

- take something down

- take someone in

- take something in

- take someone in hand

- take something in hand

- take it out of someone

- take off

- take someone on

- take something on

- take one's time

- take someone out

- take something over

- take to

- take something up

- take up with