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taking

tak·ing
T t

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tey-king]
    • /ˈteɪ kɪŋ/
    • /teɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tey-king]
    • /ˈteɪ kɪŋ/

Definitions of taking word

  • noun taking the act of taking. 1
  • noun taking something that is taken. 1
  • noun taking the quantity of fish, game, etc., taken at one time. 1
  • noun taking an opinion or assessment: What's your take on the candidate? 1
  • noun taking an approach; treatment: a new take on an old idea. 1
  • noun taking Informal. money taken in, especially profits. 1

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Origin of taking

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English takyng (gerund). See take, -ing1, -ing2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Taking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

taking popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

taking usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for taking

noun taking

  • apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
  • appropriation — An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
  • assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
  • gainings — profits or earnings
  • gitim — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.

adj taking

  • catching — If an illness or a disease is catching, it is easily passed on or given to someone else.
  • communicable — A communicable disease is one that can be passed on to other people.
  • contagious — A disease that is contagious can be caught by touching people or things that are infected with it. Compare infectious.
  • easy on the eyes — good looking, physically attractive
  • fetching — charming; captivating.

adjective taking

  • beckoning — a nod, gesture, etc., that signals, directs, summons, indicates agreement, or the like.
  • epizootic — Of, relating to, or denoting a disease that is temporarily prevalent and widespread in an animal population.
  • looker — a person who looks.

Antonyms for taking

noun taking

  • agapae — the love of God or Christ for humankind.
  • agapai — the love of God or Christ for humankind.
  • almsgiving — the making of charitable donations, giving alms
  • authoring — Authoring is the creation of documents, especially for the Internet.
  • caritas — charity

verb taking

  • blitzed — inebriated; drunk
  • blitzing — Military. an overwhelming all-out attack, especially a swift ground attack using armored units and air support. an intensive aerial bombing.
  • collogue — to confer confidentially; intrigue or conspire
  • confer — When you confer with someone, you discuss something with them in order to make a decision. You can also say that two people confer.
  • groupthink — the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.

adjective taking

Top questions with taking

  • what does taking an l mean?

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