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take away

take a·way
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [teyk uh-wey]
    • /teɪk əˈweɪ/
    • /teɪk əˈweɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [teyk uh-wey]
    • /teɪk əˈweɪ/

Definitions of take away words

  • noun take away something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract. 1
  • noun take away conclusions, impressions, or action points resulting from a meeting, discussion, roundtable, or the like: The takeaway was that we had to do a lot more work on the proposal before it could be shown to the governing board. 1
  • noun take away Chiefly British. a takeout restaurant: Let's pick something up at the Indian takeaway. food from a takeout restaurant: I get Chinese takeaway at least once a week. 1
  • noun take away Sports. (in hockey and football) the act of getting the puck or ball away from the team on the offense: The problem with most hockey statistics is they are not very consistent in how they determine takeaways and giveaways. (in golf) a backswing: I got him a video entitled “Improving the Takeaway in Your Golf Swing” for his birthday. 1
  • adjective take away of or relating to what is or can be taken away: a list of takeaway proposals presented by management. 1
  • adjective take away Chiefly British. takeout (def 7). 1

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Origin of take away

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
1930-35 for earlier sense “train car for carrying logs”; 1960-65 for def 5; take + away

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Take away

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

take away popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for take away

verb take away

  • bad mouth — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
  • bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
  • be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
  • carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
  • carry away — to remove forcefully

preposition take away

  • less — not at all (used before a verb): He little knows what awaits him.
  • minus — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.

Antonyms for take away

verb take away

  • afford — If you cannot afford something, you do not have enough money to pay for it.
  • agglutinate — to adhere or cause to adhere, as with glue
  • annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
  • ante up — If you ante up an amount of money, you pay your share, sometimes unwillingly.
  • append — When you append something to something else, especially a piece of writing, you attach it or add it to the end of it.

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