take – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of take

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to take care of
Participle: taken care of
Gerund: taking care of

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Itake care of
youtake care of
he;she;ittakes care of
wetake care of
youtake care of
theytake care of

Perfect

Ihave taken care of; took care of
youhave taken care of; took care of
he;she;ithas taken care of; took care of
wehave taken care of; took care of
youhave taken care of; took care of
theyhave taken care of; took care of

Past

Itook care of
youtook care of
he;she;ittook care of
wetook care of
youtook care of
theytook care of

Pluperfect

Ihad taken care of; took care of
youhad taken care of; took care of
he;she;ithad taken care of; took care of
wehad taken care of; took care of
youhad taken care of; took care of
theyhad taken care of; took care of

Future

Iwill take care of
youwill take care of
he;she;itwill take care of
wewill take care of
youwill take care of
theywill take care of

Future Perfect

Iwill have taken care of; took care of
youwill have taken care of; took care of
he;she;itwill have taken care of; took care of
wewill have taken care of; took care of
youwill have taken care of; took care of
theywill have taken care of; took care of

Subjunctive

Present

Itake care of
youtake care of
he;she;ittake care of
wetake care of
youtake care of
theytake care of

Perfect

Ihave taken care of; took care of
youhave taken care of; took care of
he;she;ithave taken care of; took care of
wehave taken care of; took care of
youhave taken care of; took care of
theyhave taken care of; took care of

Imperfect

Itook care of
youtook care of
he;she;ittook care of
wetook care of
youtook care of
theytook care of

Pluperfect

Ihad taken care of; took care of
youhad taken care of; took care of
he;she;ithad taken care of; took care of
wehad taken care of; took care of
youhad taken care of; took care of
theyhad taken care of; took care of

Conditional

Present

Iwould take care of
youwould take care of
he;she;itwould take care of
wewould take care of
youwould take care of
theywould take care of

Perfect

Iwould have taken care of; took care of
youwould have taken care of; took care of
he;she;itwould have taken care of; took care of
wewould have taken care of; took care of
youwould have taken care of; took care of
theywould have taken care of; took care of

Imperative

youtake care of
weLet's take care of
youtake care of

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam taking care of
youare taking care of
he;she;itis taking care of
weare taking care of
youare taking care of
theyare taking care of

Perfect

Ihave been taking care of
youhave been taking care of
he;she;ithas been taking care of
wehave been taking care of
youhave been taking care of
theyhave been taking care of

Past

Iwas taking care of
youwere taking care of
he;she;itwas taking care of
wewere taking care of
youwere taking care of
theywere taking care of

Pluperfect

Ihad been taking care of
youhad been taking care of
he;she;ithad been taking care of
wehad been taking care of
youhad been taking care of
theyhad been taking care of

Future

Iwill be taking care of
youwill be taking care of
he;she;itwill be taking care of
wewill be taking care of
youwill be taking care of
theywill be taking care of

Future Perfect

Iwill have been taking care of
youwill have been taking care of
he;she;itwill have been taking care of
wewill have been taking care of
youwill have been taking care of
theywill have been taking care of

Conditional

Present

Iwould be taking care of
youwould be taking care of
he;she;itwould be taking care of
wewould be taking care of
youwould be taking care of
theywould be taking care of

Perfect

Iwould have been taking care of
youwould have been taking care of
he;she;itwould have been taking care of
wewould have been taking care of
youwould have been taking care of
theywould have been taking care of

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)