take
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Framework senses
- §1
- take by force
- §2
- buy, select
- §3
- engage for service under a term of contract
- §4
- receive or obtain regularly
- §5
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- §6
- receive willingly something given or offered
- §7
- admit into a group or community
- §8
- require (time or space)
- §9
- assume, as of positions or roles
- §10
- develop a habit
- §11
- carry out
- §12
- require as useful, just, or proper
- §13
- be capable of holding or containing
- §14
- have with oneself
- §15
- be designed to hold or take
- §16
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
- §17
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- §18
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- §19
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- §20
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- §21
- be a student of a certain subject
- §22
- interpret something in a certain way
- §23
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- §24
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- §25
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- §26
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- §27
- lay claim to
- §28
- make a film or photograph of something
- §29
- obtain by winning
- §30
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- §31
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- §32
- get into one's hands, take physically
- §33
- have sex with
- §34
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- §35
- proceed along in a vehicle
- §36
- occupy or take on
- §37
- take somebody somewhere
- §38
- head into a specified direction
- §39
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- §40
- experience or feel or submit to
- §41
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- §42
- take into one's possession