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take

noun

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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 of take

answer, reaction, reply, response

Words Related to take

backlash, kickback

revulsion, rise

counterreaction, counterresponse

Near Antonyms of take

action, behavior

2 the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time

who will win the poker tournament and collect the whole take?

Synonyms of take

bounty, catch, haul, yield

Words Related to take

earnings, gain, gross, income, net, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, winnings

booty, loot, plunder, spoils, swag

appropriation, collection

Near Antonyms of take

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 of take

allotment, allowance, cut, end, part, piece, portion, proportion, quota, share, slice

Words Related to take

commission, percentage

member, partition, section, segment

Phrases Synonymous with take

piece of the action

Near Antonyms of take

aggregate, composite, compound, pool, sum, total, totality

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 of take

interpretation, riff, variation

Words Related to take

adaptation, translation

take

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of take

1 to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms

take my hand, or we'll get separated in this crowd

Synonyms of take

clasp, grasp, grip, hold

Words Related to take

clench, cling (to), clutch, hold on (to)

catch, nab, seize, snatch

Phrases Synonymous with take

hang on to, lay hold of

Near Antonyms of take

discharge, drop, free, liberate, release

deliver, entrust (also intrust), give, hand, hand over, pass, relinquish, transfer, transmit, turn over, unhand

2 to agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly

will you take that call?

took a cut in pay

Synonyms of take

Words Related to take

accede (to), assent (to), concede (to), confirm, consent (to), OK (or okay), ratify, sanction, warrant

acquiesce (to), bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to)

abide, bear, brook, countenance, endure, shoulder, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, swallow, sweat out, tolerate

adopt, embrace, welcome

Near Antonyms of take

dissent (to), object (to), oppose, protest

hold off, resist, withstand

combat, contest, fight

Antonyms of take

decline, deny, disallow, disapprove, negative, refuse, reject, spurn, turn down, veto

3 to become affected with (a disease or disorder)

if you don't cover your head in this weather, you'll take cold and be stuck inside all weekend

Synonyms of take

catch, come down (with), contract, get, go down (with) [chiefly British], sicken (with)

Words Related to take

break out (with)

die (from), succumb (to)

fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsen

Near Antonyms of take

come back, gain, heal, mend, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap back

rally, rebound, recover (from), shake (off)

4 to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities

you can take the white side this time, since I got to be white for our last chess game

Synonyms of take

cherry-pick, choose, cull, elect, handpick, name, opt (for), pick, prefer, select, single (out), tag

Words Related to take

appoint, designate, fix, mark, nominate, set, tab, tap

accept, adopt, embrace, espouse

settle (on or upon)

Near Antonyms of take

disapprove, negative, repudiate, spurn

discard, jettison, throw away, throw out

Antonyms of take

decline, refuse, reject, turn down

5 to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for

I'll take two cheeseburgers to go, please

Synonyms of take

buy, cop [slang], pick up, purchase

Words Related to take

acquire, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure, win

finance, pay (for), spring (for)

barter (for), deal (for), dicker (over), exchange (for), haggle (for), negotiate (about), trade (for)

bargain (with), chaffer (with), horse-trade (with), palter (with)

rebuy, repurchase

Near Antonyms of take

deal (in), market, merchandise (also merchandize), retail, sell, vend

6 to have as a requirement

it will take a lot of courage to stand up for what is right

Synonyms of take

bear, challenge, claim, demand, necessitate, need, require, want, warrant

Words Related to take

entail, involve

ask, beg, claim, clamor (for), cry (for)

hurt (for), lack

command, enjoin, exact, insist, press, quest, stipulate

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7 to make or have room for

I think we can take two more in this elevator

Synonyms of take

accommodate, fit, hold

Words Related to take

carry, contain, seat

enclose (also inclose), encompass, enfold

8 to produce a desired effect

it will be a few hours before this medication takes

Synonyms of take

act, operate, perform, work

Words Related to take

behave, react, respond

affect, influence, sway

pan out, redound, result

Phrases Synonymous with take

take effect, take hold

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9 to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I can't take anymore of your whining about your former boyfriend

Synonyms of take

abide, absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, tolerate, wear [British]

Words Related to take

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)

Phrases Synonymous with take

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)

Near Antonyms of take

decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down

combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist

avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss

abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)

10 to regard as right or true

I think we can take his word for it

Synonyms of take

accept, believe, buy, credit, swallow, trust

Words Related to take

account, accredit, understand

assume, presume, suppose

conclude, deduce, infer

Phrases Synonymous with take

set store by (or on)

Near Antonyms of take

distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect

challenge, dispute

Antonyms of take

disbelieve, discredit, reject

11 to achieve a victory over

I know we can take that team

Synonyms of take

beat, best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down [British], get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst

Words Related to take

edge (out), nose out, pip [British]

annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [slang], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [slang], whip

cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed

knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish

ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend

Phrases Synonymous with take

get the better of, knock for a loop

Near Antonyms of take

fall, give up, go down, go under

collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out

Antonyms of take

12 to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently

let's take each problem separately

Synonyms of take

address, contend (with), cope (with), field, grapple (with), hack, handle, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, play, swing, treat

Words Related to take

engineer, finesse, jockey

bring off, carry off, carry out, get off, pull

command, direct, guide, steer

control, micromanage, regulate, run

react (to), respond (to)

Phrases Synonymous with take

come to grips with, have a grip on

Near Antonyms of take

botch, bungle, foozle, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), mishandle, muff, scamp

13 to offer entrance (as to a place, school, or privilege) to

the school takes only a small percentage of the thousands of applicants

Synonyms of take

admit, enter, receive

Words Related to take

entertain, welcome

confirm, ratify

Near Antonyms of take

decline, disallow, disapprove, dismiss, refuse, reject

blackball, blacklist, ostracize

banish, deport, exile, expel, oust, throw out

Antonyms of take

14 to deprive of life

I never thought heart disease would take such an athletic and health-conscious person

Synonyms of take

carry off, claim, croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, kill, slay

Words Related to take

bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]

annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite

assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate

euthanize (also euthanatize), put down

Phrases Synonymous with take

do away with, do for [chiefly British], make away with

Near Antonyms of take

raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive

Antonyms of take

Synonym Discussion of take

take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.

- take some salad from the bowl

seize implies a sudden and forcible movement in getting hold of something tangible or an apprehending of something fleeting or elusive when intangible.

- seized the suspect

grasp stresses a laying hold so as to have firmly in possession.

- grasp the handle and pull

clutch suggests avidity or anxiety in seizing or grasping and may imply less success in holding.

- clutching her purse

snatch suggests more suddenness or quickness but less force than seize.

- snatched a doughnut and ran

grab implies more roughness or rudeness than snatch.

- grabbed roughly by the arm

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