take
part of speech
verb (take, takes, took, taken, taking); noun (a take — a view or a try: «my take on it»)
meaning for a pupil
1) To take is to get hold of something and move it or have it. tree →
2) To take something away is to remove it. tree →
3) To take someone or something to a place is to carry or lead them there. tree →
4) To take can mean to use time: «The walk takes 10 minutes». tree →
5) To take also means to do or have: take a bath, take a photo, take a test, take turns. tree →
6) To take something (without asking) is to steal it. tree →
7) (casual) Your «take» is your opinion: «What's your take?». tree →
8) (casual) «Take it easy» means relax; «I'll take it» means I'll buy it. tree →
9) (rude) «Are you taking the mickey/piss?» (UK) means «are you making fun of me?»; «take a hike» means go away. tree →
10) (formal) Exams say «subtract», «deduct», «remove», «withdraw» or «appropriate» for taking away, and «require» for time taken. tree →
sense in the lessons
taking things off a place; taking away: «take away» and «takes N from» mean subtract; «it takes N minutes» tells a time; phrases: «take away», «take turns», «take care», «take off», «take part», «take a photo», «takeaway» (UK, a meal you buy and take home); in casual talk «take it easy», «I'll take two», «grab» for take; in rough talk «who took my bloody charger?», «take a hike»; in the exam voice «deduct», «withdraw», «the time required»
examples
- I take one apple off the table. tree →
- Today's lesson: Taking away within 20. tree →
- Ben takes 4 cookies from the jar. tree →
- Take away 6 from 9 and you have 3. tree →
- It takes 15 minutes to walk to school. tree →
- We take turns on the swing. tree →
- The plane took off on time. tree →
- Grab 3 each and take it easy, there's heaps. tree →
- Who took my bloody charger? I had 2 and now there's 1. tree →
- We got a takeaway for 4 people, 2 dishes each. tree →
- Deduct 6 from the aggregate of 9 and state the remainder. tree →
- Determine the time required to travel 12 kilometres at 4 kilometres per hour. tree →
note
Past forms: took, taken. «take away» and «takes N from a place» mean subtract from that place. Trap: the one who takes gets more, so for the taker add. Trap: «it takes 3 hours» is a time, not a removal. «deduct», «withdraw», «remove» in an exam all mean take away. «Taking the mickey» is teasing, not taking anything. Safety: never take medicine without an adult.
In the corpora
- A deposit for buying a home is often tens of thousands of pounds, and saving for it can take years.
- A subscription keeps taking money every month until it is cancelled, and free trials often turn into payments.
- Some cash machines charge a fee for taking out money, while most bank ones are free.
- Cashback at a shop means taking your own money out as cash while paying by card; it is not a gift.
- Bailiffs can collect money owed only after a court decision and many warnings, under strict rules, and cannot take essentials.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «take» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.