take part
To participate or join.
He declined to take part in the meeting because he did not feel he had anything to add.
take
UK [tʰɛjk] US [tʰeɪk]
verb 5noun 5
Collocations
7(verb.)
ADV
well
badly
He took the criticism badly and refused to speak to his manager for a week.
seriously
My teacher didn't take my concerns seriously, but my parents listened carefully.
philosophically
She took the news philosophically, knowing that some things are beyond her control.
PREP
as
She took his silence as a sign that he disagreed with the plan.
PHRASAL VERBS take to sth
ADV
kindly
My boss didn't take kindly to my suggestion that we leave early on Fridays.
Definitions
verb
1
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
I'll take that plate off the table.
2
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
take the guards prisoner
take prisoners
3
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
took ten catfish in one afternoon
The horses appear to thrive well, yet they are small sized, and have lost so much strength, that they are unfit to be used in taking wild cattle with the lazo.
4
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
5
To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
Billy took her pencil.
noun
1
The or an act of taking.
The 1994 Amendments address the incidental take of marine mammals in the course of commercial fishing, not the direct lethal take of pinnipeds for management purposes.
'I saw you in Norfolk doing twenty-odd takes with that fisherman chap and it looked perfect in the rushes.'
2
Something that is taken; a haul.
Why would anyone go along with such things? Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take.
He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
3
Something that is taken; a haul.
4
An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective; a statement expressing such a position.
What's your take on this issue, Fred?
Another unsolicited maths take: talking about quotients in terms of "equivalence classes" or cosets is really unnatural.
5
An approach, a (distinct) treatment.
a new take on a traditional dish
Whatever the provenance, the result is a delightfully novel take on a stalwart, often deadening Victorian feature.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the income or profit arising from such transactions as the s
verb — interpret something in a certain way
verb — accept or undergo, often unwillingly
verb — lay claim to
verb — have sex with
verb — proceed along in a vehicle
verb — head into a specified direction
verb — receive or obtain regularly
verb — make use of or accept for some purpose
verb — require (time or space)
verb — be designed to hold or take
Idioms & Phrases
take French leave
To leave quietly and unnoticed, without asking for permission or informing anyone; to slip out.
As for Ditton, after all his courting, and his compliment, he ſtole avvay an Iriſhman's bride, and took a French leave of me and his maſter; […]
take guard
(For a new batsman, with help from the umpire) to mark a point on the popping crease in front of his wicket so that he knows where it is behind him; to guard.
take the piss
To tease, ridicule or mock (someone).
You know, cos he was like taking the piss out of them and they took the piss out of him.
take a breather
To take a break; to pause or relax briefly.
Why don't we stop and take a breather before we continue?
Example Bank
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They took Charlton's gun from his cold, dead hands.
Wiktionary02
I'll take that plate off the table.
Wiktionary03
All theſe Ceremonies thus being performed; the Prince which ſucceeded taketh a torch, and firſt putteth to the fire himſelfe, and after him all the reſt of the company, and by and by as the fire was k
Wiktionary04
The 1994 Amendments address the incidental take of marine mammals in the course of commercial fishing, not the direct lethal take of pinnipeds for management purposes.
Wiktionary05
'I saw you in Norfolk doing twenty-odd takes with that fisherman chap and it looked perfect in the rushes.'
Wiktionary06
Why would anyone go along with such things? Money is still the main answer: Almost all prominent climate deniers are on the fossil-fuel take.
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