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Take can be a noun or a verb.

take used as a noun:

  1. An act of taking.
  2. Something that is taken.
  3. A (1) profit, (2) reward, (3) bribe, illegal payoff or unethical kickback.
    "(1) & (2): He wants half of the take if he helps with the job."
  4. An interpretation or view.
    "What’s your take on this issue, Fred?"
  5. An attempt to record a scene.
    "It’s a take."
  6. A catch.
  7. A facial gesture in response to an event.
    "I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway."
  8. A catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper.

Nouns are naming words. They are used to represent a person (soldier, Jamie), place (Germany, beach), thing (telephone, mirror), quality (hardness, courage), or an action (a run, a punch). Learn more →

take used as a verb:

  1. To grasp with the hands.
  2. To grab and move to oneself.
    "I’ll take that plate off the table."
  3. To get into one's possession.
  4. To accept.
    "Do you take sugar in your coffee?"
  5. To gain a position by force.
    "After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city."
  6. To have sex forcefully with, possibly without consent.
    "The rapist took his victims in dark alleys."
  7. To carry, particularly to a particular destination.
    "I'll take the plate with me."
  8. To choose.
    "I'll take the blue plates."
  9. To support or carry without failing or breaking.
    "That truck bed will only take two tons."
  10. To endure or cope with.
    "I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell."
  11. To not swing at a pitch
    "He’ll probably take this one."
  12. To ingest medicine, drugs, etc.
    "I take aspirin every day to thin my blood."
  13. To assume or interpret to be.
    "Do you take me for a fool?"
  14. To enroll (in a class, or a course of study).
    "I plan to take math, physics, literature and flower arrangement this semester."
  15. To participate in, undergo, or experience.
    "Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?"
  16. To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively.
  17. To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.)
    "Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you."
  18. To stick, persist, thrive or remain.
    "I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take."
  19. To become.
    "They took ill within 3 hours."
  20. To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.
  21. To require.
    "Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down."
  22. To capture using a photographic camera.
    "The photographer took a picture of our family."
  23. To last or expend [an amount of time].
    "I estimate the trip will take about ten minutes."
  24. To use
    "Let's take the bus today."
  25. To consider as an instance or example.
    "I've had a lot of problems recently. Take last Monday. The car broke down on the way to work. Then ...etc."

Verbs are action words and state of being words. Examples of action words are: ran, attacking, dreamed. Examples of "state of being" words are: is, was, be. Learn more →

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As detailed above, 'take' can be a noun or a verb. Here are some examples of its usage:
  1. Noun usage: (1) & (2): He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
  2. Noun usage: (3) The mayor is on the take.
  3. Noun usage: What’s your take on this issue, Fred?
  4. Noun usage: It’s a take.
  5. Noun usage: Act seven, scene three, take two.
  6. Noun usage: I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
  7. Verb usage: I’ll take that plate off the table.
  8. Verb usage: Do you take sugar in your coffee?
  9. Verb usage: We take all major credit cards.
  10. Verb usage: After a bloody battle, they were able to take the city.
  11. Verb usage: The rapist took his victims in dark alleys.
  12. Verb usage: I'll take the plate with me.
  13. Verb usage: I'll take the blue plates.
  14. Verb usage: That truck bed will only take two tons.
  15. Verb usage: I can take the noise, but I can't take the smell.
  16. Verb usage: He’ll probably take this one.
  17. Verb usage: I take aspirin every day to thin my blood.
  18. Verb usage: Do you take me for a fool?
  19. Verb usage: I take it you're not going?
  20. Verb usage: Looking at him as he came into the room, I took him for his father.
  21. Verb usage: He was often taken to be a man of means.
  22. Verb usage: I plan to take math, physics, literature and flower arrangement this semester.
  23. Verb usage: Aren't you supposed to take your math final today?
  24. Verb usage: When will you take your vacation?
  25. Verb usage: I had to take a pee.
  26. Verb usage: Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.
  27. Verb usage: I started some tomato seeds last spring, but they didn't take.
  28. Verb usage: They took ill within 3 hours.
  29. Verb usage: She took sick with the flu.
  30. Verb usage: Looks like it's gonna take a taller person to get that down.
  31. Verb usage: Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.
  32. Verb usage: The photographer took a picture of our family.
  33. Verb usage: I estimate the trip will take about ten minutes.
  34. Verb usage: Let's take the bus today.
  35. Verb usage: This camera takes 35mm film.
  36. Verb usage: I've had a lot of problems recently. Take last Monday. The car broke down on the way to work. Then ...etc.

Unfortunately, with the current database that runs this site, I don't have data about which senses of take are used most commonly. I've got ideas about how to fix this but will need to find a source of "sense" frequencies. Hopefully there's enough info above to help you understand the part of speech of take, and guess at its most common usage.

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