[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/take.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / take [← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/T/) # take «take» in Mova's school dictionary: **to get hold of something and move it or have it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m1) 2) To take something away is to remove it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m2) 3) To take someone or something to a place is to carry or lead them there. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m3) 4) To take can mean to use time: «The walk takes 10 minutes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m4) 5) To take also means to do or have: take a bath, take a photo, take a test, take turns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m5) 6) To take something (without asking) is to steal it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m6) 7) (casual) Your «take» is your opinion: «What's your take?». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m7) 8) (casual) «Take it easy» means relax; «I'll take it» means I'll buy it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m8) 9) (rude) «Are you taking the mickey/piss?» (UK) means «are you making fun of me?»; «take a hike» means go away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m9) 10) (formal) Exams say «subtract», «deduct», «remove», «withdraw» or «appropriate» for taking away, and «require» for time taken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#m10) ### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x1) - Today's lesson: Taking away within 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x2) - Ben takes 4 cookies from the jar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x3) - Take away 6 from 9 and you have 3. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x4) - It takes 15 minutes to walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x5) - We take turns on the swing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x6) - The plane took off on time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x7) - Grab 3 each and take it easy, there's heaps. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x8) - Who took my bloody charger? I had 2 and now there's 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x9) - We got a takeaway for 4 people, 2 dishes each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x10) - Deduct 6 from the aggregate of 9 and state the remainder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x11) - Determine the time required to travel 12 kilometres at 4 kilometres per hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/#x12) ### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/19/) - [A subscription keeps taking money every month until it is cancelled, and free trials often turn into payments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/17/) - [Some cash machines charge a fee for taking out money, while most bank ones are free.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/18/) - [Cashback at a shop means taking your own money out as cash while paying by card; it is not a gift.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/20/) - [Bailiffs can collect money owed only after a court decision and many warnings, under strict rules, and cannot take essentials.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/20/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «take» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/take/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.