take

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There's lots of different "meta" paths you can take.

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Quick take

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

noun

the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

verb

carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for take.

noun

the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

See also: return, issue, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff

noun

the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption

verb

carry out; "take action"; "take steps"; "take vengeance"

verb

require (time or space); "It took three hours to get to work this morning"; "This event occupied a very short time"

verb

take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

verb

get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

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"

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!"

verb

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"

verb

take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks"

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"

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"

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"

verb

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"

verb

take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"

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 calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

See also: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, demand

verb

experience or feel or submit to; "Take a test"; "Take the plunge"

verb

make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"

verb

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"

verb

serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"

verb

accept or undergo, often unwillingly; "We took a pay cut"

verb

make use of or accept for some purpose; "take a risk"; "take an opportunity"

verb

take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill"

verb

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"

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"

verb

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"

verb

be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

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"

verb

head into a specified direction; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains"

verb

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"

verb

be seized or affected in a specified way; "take sick"; "be taken drunk"

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"

verb

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?"

See also: lease, rent, hire, charter, engage

verb

receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"

verb

buy, select; "I'll take a pound of that sausage"

verb

to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort; "take shelter from the storm"

verb

have sex with; archaic use; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"

verb

lay claim to; as of an idea; "She took credit for the whole idea"

verb

be designed to hold or take; "This surface will not take the dye"

verb

be capable of holding or containing; "This box won't take all the items"; "The flask holds one gallon"

verb

develop a habit; "He took to visiting bars"

verb

proceed along in a vehicle; "We drive the turnpike to work"

verb

obtain by winning; "Winner takes all"; "He took first prize"

verb

be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness; "He got AIDS"; "She came down with pneumonia"; "She took a chill"

Example sentences

There's lots of different "meta" paths you can take.

That's why they're listed on a page where the user has but one action to take.

You took a $30-$40K pay cut to take the damn job - the food isn't worth a tenth of that + you're now working during lunch hours!

The second P stands for "Present a solution for the customer to take home today.

It was a pretty long journey for a weekend - it would sometimes take 10 hours one way since you had to go through New York.

This didn't seem like much, except to a young guy that joined the previous year and had done nothing but kick ass and take names.

Note that this isn't even by choice -- if we don't take action, then we look like we are tacitly encouraging it.

These folks sometimes take on "thought leader" positions, act as architects or whatnot.

Do you take a guarantee of 6 months in federal prison and permanent felon status?

But to turn around and smile and take a picture, post it to Twitter, and then continue on calling oneself Joan of Arc?

"The problem we face is pretty huge, because it will take a dramatic cultural change in order for us to start catching up.

Supposedly he saved something around 40% of his take home pay, despite living alone in Boston.

Turn off ability to take money now, unless it is absolutely required to continue paying your employees.

He was criticizing Apple for trying to take away peoples' freedoms and Steve Jobs for steering the company in this direction. He wasn't condemning him as a person, as he said "My feelings about Jobs as a person are not strong, since I barely knew him.

Paragraph 14 on page 34 is pretty typical: It says, in effect, "you'd better take your best shot at contesting this rejection now, Apple, because the next time around it will be a final rejection."7.

The answer, as de Tocqueville noted years ago, is not to place faith in leaders but rather to take personal responsibility in our lives and to curtail the powers of those who govern.

We should be throwing the bums out-- from Obama down to the local state congresspeople or local sheriffs and judges who fail to take actions overturning this, or who themselves participate in this.

But assuming the report is accurate, this is unacceptable behavior and I'd like to see more employees who take a risk on startups getting what they deserve and enforcing their rights.

Therefore, if no-one notices a problem like this until after the planning submission, or perhaps fails to get someone higher up to take it seriously enough to change the concept design, then they will have to remedy it by using special anti glare coatings or just plain hoping it wont be too bad.