take – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of take

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to take sth upon yourself
Participle: taken sth upon yourself
Gerund: taking sth upon yourself

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itake sth upon yourself
youtake sth upon yourself
he;she;ittakes sth upon yourself
wetake sth upon yourself
youtake sth upon yourself
theytake sth upon yourself

Perfect

Ihave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
he;she;ithas taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
wehave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
theyhave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself

Past

Itook sth upon yourself
youtook sth upon yourself
he;she;ittook sth upon yourself
wetook sth upon yourself
youtook sth upon yourself
theytook sth upon yourself

Pluperfect

Ihad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
he;she;ithad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
wehad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
theyhad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself

Future

Iwill take sth upon yourself
youwill take sth upon yourself
he;she;itwill take sth upon yourself
wewill take sth upon yourself
youwill take sth upon yourself
theywill take sth upon yourself

Future Perfect

Iwill have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youwill have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
he;she;itwill have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
wewill have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youwill have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
theywill have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself

Subjunctive

Present

Itake sth upon yourself
youtake sth upon yourself
he;she;ittake sth upon yourself
wetake sth upon yourself
youtake sth upon yourself
theytake sth upon yourself

Perfect

Ihave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
he;she;ithave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
wehave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
theyhave taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself

Imperfect

Itook sth upon yourself
youtook sth upon yourself
he;she;ittook sth upon yourself
wetook sth upon yourself
youtook sth upon yourself
theytook sth upon yourself

Pluperfect

Ihad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
he;she;ithad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
wehad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youhad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
theyhad taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself

Conditional

Present

Iwould take sth upon yourself
youwould take sth upon yourself
he;she;itwould take sth upon yourself
wewould take sth upon yourself
youwould take sth upon yourself
theywould take sth upon yourself

Perfect

Iwould have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youwould have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
he;she;itwould have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
wewould have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
youwould have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself
theywould have taken sth upon yourself; took sth upon yourself

Imperative

youtake sth upon yourself
weLet's take sth upon yourself
youtake sth upon yourself

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam taking sth upon yourself
youare taking sth upon yourself
he;she;itis taking sth upon yourself
weare taking sth upon yourself
youare taking sth upon yourself
theyare taking sth upon yourself

Perfect

Ihave been taking sth upon yourself
youhave been taking sth upon yourself
he;she;ithas been taking sth upon yourself
wehave been taking sth upon yourself
youhave been taking sth upon yourself
theyhave been taking sth upon yourself

Past

Iwas taking sth upon yourself
youwere taking sth upon yourself
he;she;itwas taking sth upon yourself
wewere taking sth upon yourself
youwere taking sth upon yourself
theywere taking sth upon yourself

Pluperfect

Ihad been taking sth upon yourself
youhad been taking sth upon yourself
he;she;ithad been taking sth upon yourself
wehad been taking sth upon yourself
youhad been taking sth upon yourself
theyhad been taking sth upon yourself

Future

Iwill be taking sth upon yourself
youwill be taking sth upon yourself
he;she;itwill be taking sth upon yourself
wewill be taking sth upon yourself
youwill be taking sth upon yourself
theywill be taking sth upon yourself

Future Perfect

Iwill have been taking sth upon yourself
youwill have been taking sth upon yourself
he;she;itwill have been taking sth upon yourself
wewill have been taking sth upon yourself
youwill have been taking sth upon yourself
theywill have been taking sth upon yourself

Conditional

Present

Iwould be taking sth upon yourself
youwould be taking sth upon yourself
he;she;itwould be taking sth upon yourself
wewould be taking sth upon yourself
youwould be taking sth upon yourself
theywould be taking sth upon yourself

Perfect

Iwould have been taking sth upon yourself
youwould have been taking sth upon yourself
he;she;itwould have been taking sth upon yourself
wewould have been taking sth upon yourself
youwould have been taking sth upon yourself
theywould have been taking sth upon yourself

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'take'

betake, caretake, forsake, mistake, overtake, partake, retake, shake, take, undertake,

Verbs similar to 'take'

atake, bake, cake, fake, hake, jake, lake, make, nake, rake,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to receive or accept something
receive
to remove
remove
to kill
cack, duppy, liquidate, terminate, kill
to subtract
subtract
to have sex with
copulate with, tup
to grasp with the hands
grasp
capture prey
capture, catch, hook, snare
be hit
catch, get
take
fang, receive
to put to death; to extinguish life.
annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
to actively and intentionally gain possession or control
appropriate, bag, catch, expropriate, grab, grasp, grip, help oneself, hook, impropriate, make free with, nab, nim, pocket, sack, seize
to gain possession of something
accept, acquire, attain, cop, enlist, gain, garner, get, get hold of, get one's hands on, land, lay hands on, lay hold of, obtain, procure, receive, score, secure, snag, win
to make smaller by removing something
abate, bate, knock off, remove, subduct, subtract, take away, take off
to produce a total by taking one number away from another
subtract, take away
to hold firmly, particularly with the hand
begrasp, begrip, belock, clasp, clench, clinch, cling, clutch, enclasp, fang, fondle, glaum, grab, grabble, grasp, grip, hang on, hold, hold on, hold tight, nim, seize, stranglehold
acquire
obtain, get, secure, procure, win
seize
grasp, catch, capture
embrace
grasp, clasp, grip, accept, adopt
receive
accept, admit
select
choose, pick, elect
subtract
deduct
carry
convey, transfer

Antonyms

to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere
receive, give
to actively and intentionally gain possession or control
give, return
to give something back to its original holder or owner
return
to receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it
buy, lend, return, borrow
seize
release, free, liberate, loose
embrace
reject, release, shun, ignore

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. late O.E. tacan, from a N.Gmc. source (e.g. O.N. taka "take, grasp, lay hold," past tense tok, pp. tekinn; Swed. ta, pp. tagit), from P.Gmc. *tækanan (cf. M.L.G. tacken, M.Du. taken, Goth. tekan "to touch"), of uncertain origin, perhaps originally meaning "to touch." Gradually replaced M.E. nimen as the verb for "to take," from O.E. niman, from the usual W.Gmc. *nem- root (cf. Ger. nehmen, Du. nemen), also of unknown origin. OED calls it "one of the elemental words of the language;" take up alone has 55 varieties of meaning in that dictionary. Basic sense is "to lay hold of," which evolved to "accept, receive" (as in take my advice) c.1200; "absorb" (he can take a punch) c.1200; "to choose, select" (take the long way home) c.1275; "to make, obtain" (take a shower) 1375; "to become affected by" (take sick) c.1300. Take five is 1929, from the approximate time it takes to smoke a cigarette. Take it easy first recorded 1880; take the plunge "act decisively" is from 1876; take the rap "accept (undeserved) punishment" is from 1930. Phrase take it or leave it is recorded from 1897.
2. From Middle English taken (“to take, lay hold of, grasp, strike”), from Old English tacan (“to grasp, touch”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse taka (“to touch, take”), from Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to touch”), from pre-Germanic *deh₁g- (“to touch”), possibly a phonetically altered form of Proto-Indo-European *te-th₂g- (“to touch, take”) (see there for details).
3. Gradually displaced native English nim, from Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”).
4. Cognates
5. Cognate with Scots tak (“to take”), Icelandic and Norwegian Nynorsk taka (“to take”), Norwegian Bokmål ta (“to take”), Swedish ta (“to take”), Danish tage (“to take, seize”), West Frisian take, taakje (“to grab, steal”), Dutch taken (“to take; grasp”), Middle Low German tacken (“to grasp”). English thack may be from the same root. Compare tackle. Despite superficial similarity, unrelated to Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to take by hand, obtain”), which is instead cognate with English thig (“to beg”). See: Middle English 'taken', Old English 'tacan', Proto-Germanic '*tēkaną', Scots 'tak', Norwegian, nynorsk 'taka', Norwegian 'ta', Swedish 'ta', Danish 'tage', Dutch 'taken'.

Verbs referencing "take"

Scots tak, Norwegian ta, Norwegian, nynorsk ta, Swedish ta, Norwegian, nynorsk taka, Sranan teki, Danish tage, Finnish with old forms teikata.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] at the same time round the walls, ‘Ha ! the breakfast-room, steward—eh ? ’ We all foresaw what the answer must be: we knew the agony he suffered. He had often spoken of the saloon; had taken in and lived upon the pictorial idea; had usually given us to understand, at home, that to form a just conception of it, it would be necessary to multiply the size and furniture of an ordinary [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] little boat was splashing noisily in the water; and knots of people stood upon the wharf, gazing with a kind of ‘dread delight ’ on the far-famed fast American steamer; and one party of men were ‘taking in the milk, ’ or, in other words, getting the cow on board; and another were filling the icehouses to the very throat with fresh provisions; with butchers’-meat and garden-stuff, pale sucking-pigs, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] spirits. A speck in the mist, at last! That’s something. It is the boat we wait for ! That’s more to the purpose. The captain appears on the paddle-box with his speaking trumpet; the officers take their stations; all hands are on the alert; the flagging hopes of the passengers revive; the cooks pause in their savoury work, and look out with faces full of interest. The boat comes alongside; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Well, take him away then, ” said Mr. Shelby; and hastily she withdrew, carrying the child on her arm. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ I would rather not sell him, ” said Mr. Shelby, thoughtfully; “ the fact is, sir, I 'm a humane man, and I hate to take the boy from his mother, sir. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] to be a creature actually running of its own accord, with broken knees and failing legs, through every variety of hole and pitfall, and stumbling constantly. Before one can so much as wonder, she takes a high leap into the air. Before she has well done that, she takes a deep dive into the water. Before she has gained the surface, she throws a summerset. The instant she is on her legs, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] failing legs, through every variety of hole and pitfall, and stumbling constantly. Before one can so much as wonder, she takes a high leap into the air. Before she has well done that, she takes a deep dive into the water. Before she has gained the surface, she throws a summerset. The instant she is on her legs, she rushes backward. And so she goes on staggering, heaving, wrestling, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] than Robinson Crusoe, wore a shooting-coat, and had two great dogs on board. On further consideration, I remember that he tried hot roast pig and bottled ale as a cure for sea-sickness; and that he took these remedies (usually in bed ) day after day, with astonishing perseverance. I may add, for the information of the curious, that they decidedly failed. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] dinner-time. At five, another bell rings, and the stewardess reappears with another dish of potatoes—boiled this time—and store of hot meat of various kinds: not forgetting the roast pig, to be taken medicinally. We sit down at table again (rather more cheerfully than before ); prolong the meal with a rather mouldy dessert of apples, grapes, and oranges; and drink our wine and brandy-and-water. [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] to join our evening rubber: immediately on whose arrival we make a party at whist, and as it is a rough night and the cards will not lie on the cloth, we put the tricks in our pockets as we take them. At whist we remain with exemplary gravity (deducting a short time for tea and toast ) until eleven o’clock, or thereabouts; when the captain comes down again, in a sou’-wester hat tied under [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Let's just drop it. -Let's have a drink instead. -Sure. You 're not invited. You 're not taking part. (Miss Italy Must Not Die)
  • Come on! Let's get Rodica back! Greece, baby, Greece! Poros! Poros! Greece, Greece! Poros, Poros! - What are you doing ? - Don't worry, I 've taken enough. (Moartea in vacanta)
  • ... took the rap, that's it, eh ? Yes, that's it. I wanted to stay, but he wouldn't let me. (A Night for Crime)
  • Hey. Hey, yeah. Figured you wouldn't mind if I... took a shower. (Deadbolt)
  • A grave mistake! If I had taken better care of you when you were a kid (Juni)