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(verb) ascertain or determine by measuring, computing, etc.: "take a pulse"; take a reading from a dial: "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors" |
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Related Words: find, get, incur, obtain, receive |
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(verb) be seized in a specified way; "take sick", "be taken drunk" |
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Related Words: become, get, go |
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(verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; You can't take credit for this!" |
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Synonyms: read |
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Related Words: construe, interpret, misinterpret, misread |
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(verb) accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut" |
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Synonyms: submit, undergo |
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Related Words: abide, bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stomach, suffer, test, tolerate |
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(noun) the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption |
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Related Words: cinematography, filming, motion-picture photography, retake |
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(verb) obtain by winning: "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize" |
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Related Words: win |
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(verb) get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!" "Can you take this bag, please" |
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Synonyms: get hold of |
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Related Words: clutch, prehend, seize |
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(verb) have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
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Synonyms: have |
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Related Words: bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, screw, sleep with |
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(verb) travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route: "He takes the bus to work"; "She takes Route 1 to Newark" |
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Related Words: apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize |
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(verb) head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" |
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Synonyms: make |
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Related Words: head |
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(verb) experience or feel; submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge" |
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Related Words: experience, get, have, receive, undergo |
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(verb) to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm" |
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(verb) take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
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Related Words: accept, adopt, assume, attach, bag, bear, call back, call in, collect, confiscate, deprive, dispossess, divest, grab, impound, pocket, recall, repossess, seize, sequester, snaffle, snap up, strip, take away, take back, take in, take over, withdraw |
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Antonyms: give |
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(verb) take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill" |
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Related Words: annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, capture, conquer, despoil, extort, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, recapture, relieve, rescue, retake, rifle, sack, scale, seize, steal, strip, take over, usurp |
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(verb) buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage" |
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Related Words: buy, purchase |
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(verb) make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity" |
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Synonyms: accept |
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(verb) as of time or space: "I took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time" |
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Synonyms: occupy, use up |
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Related Words: be, expend, use |
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(verb) develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars" |
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(verb) carry out: "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance" |
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Related Words: act, move |
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(verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill" |
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Synonyms: contract, get |
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Related Words: catch, come down, sicken |
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(verb) remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc.; or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket" |
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Synonyms: remove, take away |
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Related Words: ablate, amputate, aspirate, bail out, bale out, bear away, bear off, bone, brush, bur, burl, burr, cancel, carry away, carry off, cast, cast off, chip away, chip away at, circumcise, clean, clear, clear away, clear off, clear up, condense, cream, cream off, crumb, cut into, cut off, de-iodinate, de-ionate, debone, decalcify, decarbonize, decarburize, decoke, defang, defuse, degas, dehorn, delete, delouse, delve, descale, detoxicate, detoxify, detusk, dig, disburden, discharge, disembowel, dislodge, dismantle, draw, draw away, draw in, draw off, draw out, dredge, drop, empty, eviscerate, excavate, extract, flick, free, get out, gut, hollow, hull, husk, hypophysectomise, hypophysectomize, knock out, lade, laden, ladle, leach, lift, lift out, muck, offsaddle, pick, pit, pod, pull, pull off, pull out, scale, scalp, scavenge, scoop, scoop out, scoop up, seed, shake off, shed, shell, shuck, skim, skim off, spoon, stone, string, strip, suck in, take away, take off, take out, take up, tear away, tear off, throw, throw away, throw off, turn over, tusk, unbrace, unburden, undock, unhinge, unpack, unsaddle, unstring, unveil, wash, wash away, wash-off, wear away, wear off, weed, winnow, wipe away, wipe off, withdraw |
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(verb) pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
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Synonyms: choose, pick out, select |
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Related Words: adopt, assign, center out, cream off, cull out, decide, determine, determine, dial, draw, elect, empanel, espouse, excerpt, extract, fix, follow, go, go with, impanel, make up one's mind, nominate, panel, pick, pick over, plump, propose, screen, screen out, set, set apart, side, sieve, sieve out, single out, skim off, sort, specify, take out, think of, vote, vote in |
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(verb) consider, as of an example; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case" |
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Synonyms: consider, deal, look at |
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Related Words: abstract, contemplate, dally, play, think about, trifle, warm to |
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(verb) take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" |
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Synonyms: call for, claim, exact |
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Related Words: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take |
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(verb) lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea" |
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Synonyms: claim |
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Related Words: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, swear |
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(verb) aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little brother!" "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
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Synonyms: aim, direct, take aim, train |
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Related Words: aim, charge, direct, hold, level, place, point, position, swing, target |
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(verb) occupy or take on, as of a position or posture; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree" |
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Synonyms: assume, take up |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
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Synonyms: conduct, direct, guide, lead |
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Related Words: beacon, lead astray, misguide, mislead, show, usher |
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(verb) receive willingly something given or offered; "The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter"; "I won't have this dog in my house!"; "Please accept my present" |
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Synonyms: accept, have |
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Related Words: accept, acquire, admit, adopt, borrow, get, honor, honour, take, take on, take over, take up, welcome |
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(verb) assume, as of positions or roles; "She took the job as director of development" |
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Synonyms: fill |
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Related Words: do work, work |
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(verb) be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon" |
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Synonyms: contain, hold |
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Related Words: be, seat, sleep |
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(verb) be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye" |
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Synonyms: accept |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" |
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Synonyms: film, shoot |
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Related Words: enter, put down, record, reshoot, retake |
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(verb) take something or somebody with oneself somewhere; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; also metaphorical, as in "This brings me to the main point" |
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Synonyms: bring, convey |
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Related Words: bring back, carry, carry, channel, church, conduct, convey, ferry, land, return, take back, transmit, transport, tube, whisk |
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(verb) receive or obtain by regular payment; "We take the Times every day" |
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Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to |
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Related Words: buy, purchase |
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(verb) admit into a group or community; "accept students for graduate study"; "We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member" |
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Synonyms: accept, admit, take on |
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Related Words: accept, have, take |
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(verb) have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains" |
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Synonyms: carry, pack |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(verb) be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
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Synonyms: learn, read, study |
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Related Words: audit, drill, exercise, practice, practise, prepare, train |
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(verb) serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!" "I don't take sugar in my coffee" |
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Synonyms: consume, have, ingest, take in |
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Related Words: booze, cannibalise, cannibalize, do drugs, drink, drug, eat, feed, fill, fuddle, get down, hit, imbibe, partake, replete, sample, sate, satiate, smoke, sop up, suck in, swallow, take in, take up, taste, touch, try, try out, use |
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(noun) the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%" |
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Synonyms: issue, payoff, proceeds, return, takings, yield |
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Related Words: economic rent, income, rent |
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(verb) take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect; "His voice took on a sad tone"; "The story took a new turn"; "he adopted an air of superiority"; "She assumed strange manners"; "The gods assume human or animal form in these fables" |
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Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take on |
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Related Words: change, re-assume |
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(verb) require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner demands a spectacular dessert" |
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Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require |
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Related Words: call for, claim, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, imply, involve, take |
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(verb) engage in a commercial transaction; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?" |
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Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, lease, rent |
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Related Words: acquire, get |
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