adj
Meaning 1
Alluring; attractive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
taking
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Infectious; contagious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 3
The act by which something is taken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, in-plural, uncountable
Examples
- Fred was concerned because the takings from his sweetshop had fallen again for the third week.
- Count the shop's takings.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: income, receipts
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of take
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
very attractive; capturing interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a fetching new hairstyle
- something inexpressibly taking in his manner
- a winning personality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fetching, winning
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
the act of someone who picks up or takes something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the pickings were easy
- clothing could be had for the taking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pickings
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: action
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, take + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: привлекателен (privlekatelen) — alluring; attractive
- Finnish: hurmaava — alluring; attractive
- Finnish: viehättävä — alluring; attractive
- Bulgarian: вземане (vzemane) — act by which something is taken
- German: Nahme — act by which something is taken
- German: Einnahme — act by which something is taken
- German: Übernahme — act by which something is taken
- Spanish: toma — act by which something is taken
- Spanish: tomadura — act by which something is taken
- Spanish: tomamiento — act by which something is taken
- Spanish: tomada — act by which something is taken
- Finnish: takavarikointi — seizure of someone's goods or possessions
- Finnish: pidätys — seizure of someone's goods or possessions
- German: Inbesitznahme — seizure of someone's goods or possessions
- German: Ergreifung — seizure of someone's goods or possessions
- Bulgarian: безпокойство (bezpokojstvo) — state of mental distress
- German: geistiger Ausnahmezustand — state of mental distress
- German: erratische Verfassung — state of mental distress
- German: Anfall — state of mental distress
- German: Einnahmen — cash or money received (in the plural)
- Irish: fáltais — cash or money received (in the plural)
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