10
VERB
If you
take
one number or amount from another, you subtract it or deduct it. □ [V
n + off
]
Take off the price of the house, that's another hundred thousand.
11
VERB
[no passive] If you cannot
take
something difficult, painful, or annoying, you cannot tolerate it without becoming upset, ill, or angry. □ [V
n]
Don't ever ask me to look after those kids again. I just can't take it!
12
VERB
If you
take
something such as damage or loss, you suffer it, especially in war or in a battle. □ [V
n]
They have taken heavy casualties.
13
VERB
[no passive] If something
takes
a certain amount of time, that amount of time is needed in order to do it. □ [V
n n]
Since the roads are very bad, the journey took us a long time.
□ [V
n]
I had heard an appeal could take years.
□ [V
n to-inf]
The sauce takes 25 minutes to prepare and cook.
□ [V
n n to-inf]
The game took her less than an hour to finish.
□ [V
n v-ing]
You must beware of those traps–you could take all day getting out of them.
□ [V
n to-inf]
It takes 15 minutes to convert the plane into a car by removing the wings and the tail.
□ [V
n n to-inf]
It had taken Masters about twenty hours to reach the house.
□ [V
n for
n to-inf]
It took thirty-five seconds for the hour to strike.
14
VERB
[no passive] If something
takes
a particular quality or thing, that quality or thing is needed in order to do it. □ [V
n]
At one time, walking across the room took all her strength.
□ [V
n to-inf]
It takes courage to say what you think.
□ [V
n]
It takes a pretty bad level of performance before the teachers will criticize the students.
15
VERB
If you
take
something that is given or offered to you, you agree to accept it. □ [V
n]
His sons took his advice.
16
VERB
If you
take
a feeling such as pleasure, pride, or delight in a particular thing or activity, the thing or activity gives you that feeling. □ [V
n + in
]
They take great pride in their heritage.
□ [V
n + from
]
The government will take comfort from the latest opinion poll.
17
VERB
If a shop, restaurant, theatre, or other business
takes
a certain amount of money, they get that amount from people buying goods or services. [mainly BRIT
, BUSINESS
] □ [V
amount]
The firm took £100,000 in bookings.
in AM, usually use take in
18
N‑SING
You can use
take
to refer to the amount of money that a business such as a store or theatre gets from selling its goods or tickets during a particular period. [mainly AM
, BUSINESS
] □
It added another $11.8 million to the take, for a grand total of $43 million.
in BRIT, usually use takings
19
VERB
If you
take
a prize or medal, you win it. □ [V
n]
The film took first prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
20
VERB
If you
take
the blame, responsibility, or credit for something, you agree to accept it. □ [V
n]
He took the blame for getting it wrong.
21
VERB
If you
take
patients or clients, you accept them as your patients or clients. □ [V
n]
Some universities would be forced to take more students than they wanted.
22
VERB
If you
take
a phone call, you speak to someone who is phoning you. □ [V
n]
Douglas phoned Catherine at her office. She refused to take his calls.
23
VERB
If you
take
something in a particular way, you react in the way mentioned to a situation or to someone's beliefs or behaviour. □ [V
n adv/prep]
Unfortunately, no one took my messages seriously.
