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Phonetic: "/teɪk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The or an act of taking.

Definition: Something that is taken; a haul.

Definition: An interpretation or view, opinion or assessment; perspective.

Example: What's your take on this issue, Fred?

Definition: An approach, a (distinct) treatment.

Example: a new take on a traditional dish

Definition: A scene recorded (filmed) at one time, without an interruption or break; a recording of such a scene.

Example: Act seven, scene three, take two.

Definition: A recording of a musical performance made during an uninterrupted single recording period.

Definition: A visible (facial) response to something, especially something unexpected; a facial gesture in response to an event.

Example: I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.

Definition: An instance of successful inoculation/vaccination.

Definition: A catch of the ball (in cricket, especially one by the wicket-keeper).

Definition: The quantity of copy given to a compositor at one time.

Phonetic: "/teɪk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To get into one's hands, possession or control, with or without force.

Example: I'll take that plate off the table.

Definition: To receive or accept (something) (especially something given or bestowed, awarded, etc).

Example: The camera takes 35mm film.

Definition: To remove.

Example: take two eggs from the carton

Definition: To have sex with.

Definition: To defeat (someone or something) in a fight.

Example: Don't try to take that guy. He's bigger than you.

Definition: To grasp or grip.

Example: He took her hand in his.

Definition: To select or choose; to pick.

Example: I'll take the blue plates.

Definition: To adopt (select) as one's own.

Example: She took his side in every argument.

Definition: To carry or lead (something or someone).

Example: I'll take the plate with me.

Definition: To use as a means of transportation.

Example: He took the bus to London, and then took a train to Manchester.

Definition: To visit; to include in a course of travel.

Definition: To obtain for use by payment or lease.

Example: He took a full-page ad in the Times.

Definition: To consume.

Definition: To experience, undergo, or endure.

Definition: To cause to change to a specified state or condition.

Example: He had to take it apart to fix it.

Definition: To regard in a specified way.

Example: He took the news badly.

Definition: To conclude or form (a decision or an opinion) in the mind.

Example: took a dim view of city officials

Definition: To understand (especially in a specified way).

Example: Don't take my comments as an insult.

Definition: To accept or be given (rightly or wrongly); assume (especially as if by right).

Example: He took all the credit for the project, although he had done almost none of the work.

Definition: To believe, to accept the statements of.

Example: take her word for it

Definition: To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.

Example: Do you take me for a fool?

Definition: To draw, derive, or deduce (a meaning from something).

Example: I'm not sure what moral to take from that story.

Definition: To derive (as a title); to obtain from a source.

Example: "As I Lay Dying" takes its title from Book XI of Homer's "Odyssey"

Definition: To catch or contract (an illness, etc).

Example: took a chill

Definition: To come upon or catch (in a particular state or situation).

Definition: To captivate or charm; to gain or secure the interest or affection of.

Example: took her attention

Definition: (of a material) To absorb or be impregnated by (dye, ink, etc); to be susceptible to being treated by (polish, etc).

Example: cloth that takes dye well

Definition: (of a ship) To let in (water).

Definition: To require.

Example: Finishing this on schedule will take a lot of overtime.

Definition: To proceed to fill.

Example: He took a seat in the front row.

Definition: To fill, to use up (time or space).

Example: His collection takes a lot of space.

Definition: To avail oneself of.

Example: He took that opportunity to leave France.

Definition: To practice; perform; execute; carry out; do.

Example: Pirès ran in to take the kick.

Definition: To assume or perform (a form or role).

Definition: To bind oneself by.

Example: he took the oath of office last night

Definition: To move into.

Example: the next team took the field

Definition: To go into, through, or along.

Example: go down two blocks and take the next left

Definition: To have and use one's recourse to.

Example: take cover/shelter/refuge

Definition: To ascertain or determine by measurement, examination or inquiry.

Example: take a census

Definition: To write down; to get in, or as if in, writing.

Example: He took a mental inventory of his supplies.

Definition: To make (a photograph, film, or other reproduction of something).

Example: Could you take a picture of us?

Definition: To take a picture, photograph, etc of (a person, scene, etc).

Example: The photographer will take you sitting down.

Definition: To obtain money from, especially by swindling.

Example: took me for ten grand

Definition: (now chiefly by enrolling in a class or course) To apply oneself to the study of.

Example: As a child, she took ballet.

Definition: To deal with.

Example: take matters as they arise

Definition: To consider in a particular way, or to consider as an example.

Example: I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc.

Definition: To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

Example: He'll probably take this one.

Definition: To accept as an input to a relation.

Definition: To get or accept (something) into one's possession.

Example: My husband and I have a dysfunctional marriage. He just takes and takes; he never gives.

Definition: To engage, take hold or have effect.

Definition: To become; to be affected in a specified way.

Example: She took sick with the flu.

Definition: (possibly obsolete) To be able to be accurately or beautifully photographed.

Definition: An intensifier.

Definition: To deliver, bring, give (something) to (someone).

Definition: (obsolete outside dialectal and slang) To give or deliver (a blow, to someone); to strike or hit.

Example: He took me a blow on the head.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.

Example: Up is a good way to go.

Definition: A positive thing.

Example: I hate almost everything about my job. The only up is that it's so close to home.

Definition: An upstairs room of a two story house.

Example: She lives in a two-up two-down.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To increase or raise.

Example: If we up the volume, we may be able to hear what he says.

Definition: To promote.

Example: It wasn’t long before they upped him to Vice President.

Definition: (usually in combination with another verb) To act suddenly.

Example: He just upped and quit.

Definition: To ascend; to climb up.

Definition: To upload.

Example: 100 new apps and games have just been upped.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Facing upwards.

Example: Put the notebook face up on the table.

Definition: On or at a physically higher level.

Example: The flood waters are up again across large areas of the country.

Definition: Headed, or designated to go, upward, as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.

Example: Where is the up escalator?

Definition: Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.

Example: The Christmas decorations are up.

Definition: Aloft.

Example: The kite is up!

Definition: Raised; lifted.

Example: Don't go into the living room just now – I've got the carpet up.

Definition: Built, constructed.

Example: Are the new buildings up yet?

Definition: Standing.

Example: The audience were up and on their feet.

Definition: Awake and out of bed.

Example: I can’t believe it’s 3 a.m. and you’re still up.

Definition: Riding the horse; mounted.

Definition: (of the sun or moon) Above the horizon, in the sky.

Example: It'll get warmer once the sun's up.

Definition: Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.

Example: My temperature is up this morning.

Definition: Indicating a larger or higher quantity.

Example: The barometer is up, so fine weather should be on the way.

Definition: Ahead; leading; winning.

Example: The home team were up by two goals at half-time.

Definition: Available; made public; posted.

Example: Is your new video up yet? I looked on the website, but I couldn't find it.

Definition: Finished, to an end

Example: Her contract is up next month, so it's time to negotiate another one.

Definition: In a good mood.

Example: I’m feeling up today.

Definition: (usually in the phrase up for) Willing; ready.

Example: If you are up for a trip, let’s go.

Definition: Next in a sequence.

Example: Smith is up to bat.

Definition: (not used attributively) Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up with.

Example: What is up with that project at headquarters?

Definition: (postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.

Example: AAKK = aces up

Definition: Well-informed; current.

Example: I’m not up on the latest news. What’s going on?

Definition: Functional; working.

Example: Is the server back up?

Definition: (of a railway line or train) Traveling towards a major terminus.

Example: The London train is on the up line.

Definition: (bartending) Chilled and served without ice.

Example: A Cosmopolitan is typically served up.

Definition: Erect.

Definition: (graffiti) well-known; renowned

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.

Example: I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.

Definition: To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.

Example: All day we climbed up and up.

Definition: To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.

Example: Cheer up, the weekend's almost here.

Definition: To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.

Example: A stranger came up and asked me for directions.

Definition: (intensifier) Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.

Example: Can you sum up your research?

Definition: To or from one's possession or consideration.

Example: I picked up some milk on the way home.

Definition: North.

Example: I live in Florida, but I'm going up to New York to visit my family this weekend.

Definition: Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

Example: He lives up by the railway station.

Definition: Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.

Definition: Aside, so as not to be in use.

Example: to lay up riches; put up your weapons

Definition: Against the wind or current.

Definition: (Cartesian graph) In a positive vertical direction.

Definition: Relatively close to the batsman.

Example: The bowler pitched the ball up.

Definition: (bartending) Without additional ice.

Example: Would you like that drink up or on ice?

Definition: (academia) To university, especially to Cambridge or Oxford.

Example: She's going up to read Classics this September.

Phonetic: "/ap/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Toward the top of.

Example: The cat climbed up the tree.

Definition: Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.

Example: I felt something crawling up my arm.

Definition: From south to north of.

Example: We sailed up the East Coast of England from Ipswich to South Shields.

Definition: Further along (in any direction).

Example: Go up the street until you see the sign.

Definition: From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).

Example: He led an expedition up the Amazon.

Definition: Of a man: having sex with.

Example: Phwoar, look at that bird. I'd love to be up her.

Definition: At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).

Example: I'll see you later up the snooker club.

Phonetic: "/æn/"

Part Of Speech: numeral

Definition: One

Phonetic: "/ˈɜːbən/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Related to the (or any) city.

Definition: Characteristic of city life.

Definition: Relating to contemporary African American culture.

Phonetic: "/weɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: (heading) To do with a place or places.

Definition: A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism.

Example: You're going about it the wrong way.  He's known for his quirky ways.  I don't like the way she looks at me.

Definition: A state or condition

Example: When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way.

Definition: (heading) Personal interaction.

Definition: A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.

Example: To walk the Way of the Runes, you must experience the runes as they manifest both in the part of Midgard that lies outside yourself and the worlds within. (Diana Paxson)

Definition: Speed, progress, momentum.

Definition: A degree, an amount, a sense.

Example: In a large way, crocodiles and alligators are similar.

Definition: (As the head of an interjectory clause, followed by an infinitive starting with “to”) Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation.

Example: Way to ruin the moment, guys.

Definition: The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched.

Definition: The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves.

Phonetic: "/weɪ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To travel.

Phonetic: "/weɪ/"

Part Of Speech: interjection

Definition: (only in reply to no way) yes; it is true; it is possible

Phonetic: "/ɔv/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: Expressing distance or motion.

Definition: Expressing separation.

Definition: Expressing origin.

Definition: Expressing agency.

Definition: Expressing composition, substance.

Definition: Introducing subject matter.

Definition: Having partitive effect.

Definition: Expressing possession.

Definition: Forming the "objective genitive".

Definition: Expressing qualities or characteristics.

Definition: Expressing a point in time.

Phonetic: "/laɪf/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

Example: Having experienced both, the vampire decided that he preferred (un)death to life.  He gave up on life.

Definition: The animating principle or force that keeps an inorganic thing or concept metaphorically alive (dynamic, relevant, etc) and makes it a "living document", "living constitution", etc.

Definition: Lifeforms, generally or collectively.

Example: It's life, but not as we know it.   She discovered plant life on the planet.   The rover discovered signs of life on the alien world.

Definition: A living individual; the fact of a particular individual being alive. (Chiefly when indicating individuals were lost (died) or saved.)

Example: Many lives were lost during the war.   Her quick thinking saved many dogs' lives.

Definition: Existence.

Example: Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.   the eternal life of the soul

Definition: A period of time during which something has existence.

Definition: Animation; spirit; vivacity.

Definition: A biography.

Example: His life of the founder is finished, except for the title.

Definition: Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.

Definition: An opportunity for existence.

Definition: The life insurance industry.

Example: I work in life.

Definition: A life assured under a life assurance policy (equivalent to the policy itself for a single life contract).