take

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noun

Definition of TAKE

1

action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior <what's your take on the announcement that the senior vice president is taking an early retirement?>

Synonyms answer, reply, response, take

Related Words backlash, kickback; rebound; recoil, reflex; revulsion, rise; counterreaction, counterresponse

Near Antonyms action, behavior; cause, effect

2

the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time <who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take?>

Synonyms bounty, catch, take, yield

Related Words bag; earnings, gain, gross, income, net, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, winnings; booty, loot, plunder, spoils, swag; appropriation, collection

Near Antonyms deduction, loss, subtraction

3

something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group <because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected>

Synonyms allotment, allowance, cut, end, part, piece, portion, proportion, quota, slice, take

Related Words lot, ration; commission, percentage; member, partition, section, segment

Near Antonyms aggregate, composite, compound, pool, sum, total, totality; whole

4

a distinct treatment of something (as a story or a play) <despite its contemporary setting, this take on King Lear isn't particularly novel or insightful>

Synonyms interpretation, take, variation

Related Words version; adaptation, translation