1. (noun)return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property "the average return was about 5%"
3. (verb)take carry out
"take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"
4. (verb)take, occupy, use up require (time or space)
"It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"
5. (verb)lead, take, direct, conduct, guide takesomebodysomewhere "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
6. (verb)take, get hold of get into one's hands, take physically
"Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"
7. (verb)assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take 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"
8. (verb)take, read interpret something in a certain way; convey a particularmeaning or impression "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"
9. (verb)bring, convey, take take something or somebody with oneself somewhere "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point"
10. (verb)take take into one's possession "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"
11. (verb)take 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"
12. (verb)choose, take, select, pick out 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"
13. (verb)accept, take, have 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"
14. (verb)fill, take, occupy assume, as of positions or roles
"She took the job as director of development"; "he occupies the position of manager"; "the young prince will soon occupy the throne"
15. (verb)consider, take, deal, look at take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
"Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
16. (verb)necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand 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 calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
17. (verb)take experience or feel or submit to
"Take a test"; "Take the plunge"
18. (verb)film, shoot, take make a film or photograph of something
"take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
19. (verb)remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
20. (verb)consume, ingest, take in, take, have serve oneself to, or consume regularly
"Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
21. (verb)take, submit accept or undergo, often unwillingly
"We took a pay cut"
22. (verb)take, accept make use of or accept for some purpose "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"
23. (verb)take take by force "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"
24. (verb)assume, take, strike, take up occupy or take on
"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"; "strike a pose"
25. (verb)accept, admit, take, take on 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"
26. (verb)take ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial "take a pulse"; "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
27. (verb)learn, study, read, take be a student of a certain subject "She is reading for the bar exam"
29. (verb)take, make head into a specified direction "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"
30. (verb)aim, take, train, take aim, direct point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
"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"
31. (verb)take be seized or affected in a specified way
"take sick"; "be taken drunk"
32. (verb)carry, pack, take 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"
33. (verb)lease, rent, hire, charter, engage, take engage for service under a term of contract "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"
34. (verb)subscribe, subscribe to, take receive or obtain regularly
"We take the Times every day"
35. (verb)take buy, select
"I'll take a pound of that sausage"
36. (verb)take to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort "take shelter from the storm"
37. (verb)take, have have sex with; archaic use
"He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
38. (verb)claim, take lay claim to; as of an idea "She took credit for the whole idea"
39. (verb)accept, take be designed to hold or take "This surface will not take the dye"
40. (verb)contain, take, hold be capable of holding or containing
"This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"
41. (verb)take develop a habit "He took to visiting bars"
42. (verb)drive, take proceed along in a vehicle "We drive the turnpike to work"
43. (verb)take obtain by winning "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"
44. (verb)contract, take, get be stricken by an illness, fallvictim to an illness "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"
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