Synonyms: take
Definition: the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
Similar words: motion-picture photography, filming, cinematography
Definition: the act of making a film
Synonyms: proceeds, return, yield, payoff, take, takings, issue
Definition: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Usage: the average return was about 5%
Similar words: income
Definition: the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
Definition: be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
Usage: He got AIDS; She came down with pneumonia; She took a chill
Similar words: sicken, come down
Definition: get sick
Usage: She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
Synonyms: take
Definition: ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
Usage: take a pulse; A reading was taken of the earth's tremors
Similar words: incur, get, obtain, receive, find
Definition: receive a specified treatment (abstract)
Usage: These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation; His movie received a good review; I got nothing but trouble for my good intentions
Synonyms: acquire, adopt, assume, take, take on
Definition: take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
Usage: His voice took on a sad tone; The story took a new turn; he adopted an air of superiority; She assumed strange manners; The gods assume human or animal form in these fables
Similar words: change
Definition: undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
Usage: She changed completely as she grew older; The weather changed last night
Synonyms: take
Definition: be seized or affected in a specified way
Usage: take sick; be taken drunk
Similar words: become, go, get
Definition: enter or assume a certain state or condition
Usage: He became annoyed when he heard the bad news; It must be getting more serious; her face went red with anger; She went into ecstasy; Get going!
Definition: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
Usage: I read this address as a satire; How should I take this message?; You can't take credit for this!
Similar words: construe, see, interpret
Definition: make sense of; assign a meaning to
Usage: What message do you see in this letter?; How do you interpret his behavior?
Definition: accept or undergo, often unwillingly
Usage: We took a pay cut
Similar words: undergo
Definition: pass through
Usage: The chemical undergoes a sudden change; The fluid undergoes shear; undergo a strange sensation
Synonyms: select, choose, take, pick out
Definition: pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
Usage: Take any one of these cards; Choose a good husband for your daughter; She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her
Similar words: make up one's mind, determine, decide
Definition: reach, make, or come to a decision about something
Usage: We finally decided after lengthy deliberations
Synonyms: take, look at, consider, deal
Definition: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
Usage: Take the case of China; Consider the following case
Similar words: think about
Definition: have on one's mind, think about actively
Usage: I'm thinking about my friends abroad; She always thinks about her children first
Definition: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
Usage: the accident claimed three lives; The hard work took its toll on her
Similar words: take, necessitate, need, ask, require, postulate, call for, involve, demand
Definition: require as useful, just, or proper
Usage: It takes nerve to do what she did; success usually requires hard work; This job asks a lot of patience and skill; This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice; This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert; This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
Definition: lay claim to; as of an idea
Usage: She took credit for the whole idea
Similar words: swan, swear, verify, affirm, assert, aver, avow
Definition: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
Usage: Before God I swear I am innocent
Definition: make a film or photograph of something
Usage: take a scene; shoot a movie
Synonyms: take
Definition: obtain by winning
Usage: Winner takes all; He took first prize
Similar words: win
Definition: be the winner in a contest or competition; be victorious
Usage: He won the Gold Medal in skating; Our home team won; Win the game
Synonyms: aim, direct, take, take aim, train
Definition: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Usage: Please don't aim at your little brother!; He trained his gun on the burglar; Don't train your camera on the women; Take a swipe at one's opponent
Similar words: position
Definition: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Definition: have sex with; archaic use
Usage: He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable
Similar words: make love, make out, jazz, lie with, know, love, fuck, sleep together, sleep with, roll in the hay, screw, bonk, bang, be intimate, bed, eff, do it, hump, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, get it on, get laid
Definition: have sexual intercourse with
Usage: This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm; Adam knew Eve; Were you ever intimate with this man?
Synonyms: take
Definition: travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
Usage: He takes the bus to work; She takes Route 1 to Newark
Similar words: use, utilise, utilize, employ, apply
Definition: put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
Usage: use your head!; we only use Spanish at home; I can't use this tool; Apply a magnetic field here; This thinking was applied to many projects; How do you utilize this tool?; I apply this rule to get good results; use the plastic bags to store the food; He doesn't know how to use a computer
Definition: proceed along in a vehicle
Usage: We drive the turnpike to work
Similar words: pass over, track, traverse, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over
Definition: travel across or pass over
Usage: The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
Synonyms: strike, take, take up, assume
Definition: occupy or take on
Usage: He assumes the lotus position; She took her seat on the stage; We took our seats in the orchestra; She took up her position behind the tree; strike a pose
Similar words: move
Definition: move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
Usage: He moved his hand slightly to the right
Definition: head into a specified direction
Usage: The escaped convict took to the hills; We made for the mountains
Similar words: head
Definition: to go or travel towards
Usage: where is she heading; We were headed for the mountains
Definition: take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
Usage: Bring me the box from the other room; Take these letters to the boss; This brings me to the main point
Similar words: transport, carry
Definition: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body
Usage: You must carry your camping gear; carry the suitcases to the car; This train is carrying nuclear waste; These pipes carry waste water into the river
Synonyms: take
Definition: experience or feel or submit to
Usage: Take a test; Take the plunge
Similar words: receive, experience, get, have
Definition: go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
Usage: get an idea; experience vertigo; get nauseous; receive injuries; have a feeling
Synonyms: take
Definition: buy, select
Usage: I'll take a pound of that sausage
Definition: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
Usage: The family purchased a new car; The conglomerate acquired a new company; She buys for the big department store
Synonyms: charter, take, lease, hire, engage, rent
Definition: engage for service under a term of contract
Usage: We took an apartment on a quiet street; Let's rent a car; Shall we take a guide in Rome?
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Synonyms: subscribe, subscribe to, take
Definition: receive or obtain regularly
Usage: We take the Times every day
Definition: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction
Usage: The family purchased a new car; The conglomerate acquired a new company; She buys for the big department store
Definition: receive willingly something given or offered
Usage: The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter; I won't have this dog in my house!; Please accept my present
Definition: come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
Usage: She got a lot of paintings from her uncle; They acquired a new pet; Get your results the next day; Get permission to take a few days off from work
Synonyms: accept, admit, take, take on
Definition: admit into a group or community
Usage: accept students for graduate study; We'll have to vote on whether or not to admit a new member
Similar words: have, take, accept
Definition: receive willingly something given or offered
Usage: The only girl who would have him was the miller's daughter; I won't have this dog in my house!; Please accept my present
Synonyms: take, occupy, use up
Definition: require (time or space)
Usage: It took three hours to get to work this morning; This event occupied a very short time
Definition: use up, consume fully
Usage: The legislature expended its time on school questions
Definition: assume, as of positions or roles
Usage: She took the job as director of development; he occupies the position of manager; the young prince will soon occupy the throne
Definition: be employed
Usage: Is your husband working again?; My wife never worked; Do you want to work after the age of 60?; She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money; She works as a waitress to put herself through college
Synonyms: take
Definition: carry out
Usage: take action; take steps; take vengeance
Definition: perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
Usage: think before you act; We must move quickly; The governor should act on the new energy bill; The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel
Definition: be capable of holding or containing
Usage: This box won't take all the items; The flask holds one gallon
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer
Definition: have with oneself; have on one's person
Usage: She always takes an umbrella; I always carry money; She packs a gun when she goes into the mountains
Definition: have as a feature
Usage: This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France
Definition: be designed to hold or take
Usage: This surface will not take the dye
Similar words: be
Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer