take

A1 Topic:Verbs of Movement

Also spelled tak, takin, tooked, tuk, and tyking

US /teɪk/ UK [tʰeɪk] See IPA manual

Freq #84

Meanings

1

verb
To get hold of something and move it, or carry it with you.

Don't forget to take your umbrella with you.
2

verb
To need a particular amount of time, effort, or quality.

It takes about an hour to get there by bus.
3

verb
To choose, buy, or accept something.

I'll take the blue one, please.
4

verb
To do or perform an action.

We need to take action before it is too late.
5

verb
To measure something, such as someone's temperature or pulse.

The nurse took my blood pressure.

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Synonyms

2 verb · to need a particular amount... need

4 verb · to do or perform an action. run

More appropriate bag catch expropriate grab grasp grip hook impropriate nabnimpocket

Opposites

give return

Word family

Forms retakentaentakentakestakethtook

Derived forms betakecare-takingdouble-takeforetakefortakeland-takeleave-takingmickey-takemistakenote-takingontakeout-take

Related forms intakeouttaketaker taking uptake

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…

*teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European taken Middle English tacan Old English taka Old Norse *tēkaną Proto-Germanic

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# take

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /teɪk/
**IPA (UK):** [tʰeɪk]
**Frequency rank:** 84

## Meanings
1. To get hold of something and move it, or carry it with you.
2. To need a particular amount of time, effort, or quality.
3. To choose, buy, or accept something.
4. To do or perform an action.
5. To measure something, such as someone's temperature or pulse.

## Examples
- Don't forget to take your umbrella with you.
- It takes about an hour to get there by bus.
- I'll take the blue one, please.
- We need to take action before it is too late.
- The nurse took my blood pressure.

## Synonyms
- appropriate
- bag
- catch
- expropriate
- grab
- grasp
- grip
- hook
- impropriate
- nab
- nim
- pocket

## Antonyms
- give
- return

## Derived Forms
- betake
- care-taking
- double-take
- foretake
- fortake
- land-take
- leave-taking
- mickey-take
- mistake
- note-taking
- ontake
- out-take

## Related Forms
- intake
- outtake
- taker
- taking
- uptake

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *teh₂g-
- Root: taken
- Root: tacan
- Root: taka
- Root: *tēkaną

## 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…

## AI Etymology
Take is 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”).

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement
- Actions & Processes

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