Also spelled tak, takin, tooked, tuk, and tyking
Meanings
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1
verb
To get hold of something and move it, or carry it with you.
Don't forget to take your umbrella with you.
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2
verb
To need a particular amount of time, effort, or quality.
It takes about an hour to get there by bus.
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3
verb
To choose, buy, or accept something.
I'll take the blue one, please.
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4
verb
To do or perform an action.
We need to take action before it is too late.
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5
verb
To measure something, such as someone's temperature or pulse.
The nurse took my blood pressure.
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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”), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *te-th₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for details). Gradually displaced native English nim, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”). Cognates Cognate with Scots tak (“to take”), Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta…