take

US /tek/

UK /teɪk/

A1

verb

  • To accept something that is offered
  • To use a method of traveling, e.g. a bus or train
  • To use a camera to make (a photo)
  • To pick up something and go away with it
  • To study a subject in school
  • To attempt to pass (an exam)
  • To require a certain amount of time, money, space

noun

  • Filming of a single scene for TV or the movies

Examples

I wanted to be taken seriously as an artist.

They won't take kindly to being ordered about.