Take vs Appear - What's the difference?
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To get or put something into one's or someone's possession or control.
#To grasp with the hands.
#To pick up and move to oneself.
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#*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 #To carry or move, especially to a particular destination.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2
, passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.}}
#To lead; to conduct.
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#*:They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!
#To choose.
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#*(Bible), 1 (w) xiv 42
#*:Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken .
#To accept.
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#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist), author=Schumpeter
, title= #To receive (a newspaper, magazine, etc.) regularly, as by paying the subscription.
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#(lb) To gain a position by force.
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#To ingest medicine, drugs, etc.
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#*:To such men as Mr. Hellyer, who every night take much strong drink, and on no occasion whatever take any exercise, sixty is the grand climacteric. He was, a year ago, just fifty-nine. Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric. Already he is gone. He was cut off by pneumonia, or apoplexy, last Christmas.
#To capture using a photographic camera.
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#To observe; to gather information on.
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#(lb) To form a likeness of; to copy; to depict.
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#*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
#*:Beauty alone could beauty take so right.
#(lb) To deliver, give (something); to entrust.
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#*:for thy loue I haue lefte my countrey / And sythe ye shalle departe oute of this world / leue me somme token of yours that I may thynke on you / Ioseph said that wille I doo ful gladly / Now brynge me your sheld that I toke yow whanne ye went in to bataille ageynst kyng Tolleme
#*1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) XXIII:
#*:Jesus perceaved there wylynes, and sayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrytes? lett me se the tribute money. And they toke hym a peny.
(lb) To have or change a state of mind or body.
#(lb) To endure or cope with.
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# To assume or interpret to be.
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, title= #(lb) To become.
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#(lb) To enroll (in a class, or a course of study).
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#(lb) To participate in, undergo, or experience.
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#(lb) To habituate to or gain competency at a task.
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#(lb) To perform or undertake, for example, a task.
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#*:To such men as Mr. Hellyer, who every night take much strong drink, and on no occasion whatever take any exercise, sixty is the grand climacteric. He was, a year ago, just fifty-nine. Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric. Already he is gone. He was cut off by pneumonia, or apoplexy, last Christmas.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or
#(lb) To experience or feel, for example, offence.
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, title= #*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=20 #(lb) To go.
#*2007 , Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon , Blue Bridge, 2008, p.59:
#*:Nicholas then took himself to Avignon where in August 1330 he formally renounced his claim to the papacy.
(lb) To require or limit.
#(lb) To support or carry without failing or breaking.
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#(lb) To need, require.
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#*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-31, volume=408, issue=8851, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= #(lb) To last or expend [an amount of time].
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To decide or to act.
#(lb) To not swing at a pitch.
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#(lb) To tighten (take up) a belaying rope. Often used imperatively.
#(lb) To catch the ball; especially for the wicket-keeper to catch the ball after the batsman has missed or edged it.
#To be the player who performs (a free kick, etc.).
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#Not to refuse or balk at; to undertake readily; to clear.
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(lb) To have sex with.
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(lb) To fight or attempt to fight somebody. (See also take on.)
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(lb) To stick, persist, thrive or remain.
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*(Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
*:When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise.
(lb) To use.
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(lb) To decide, react, or interact.
# To please; to gain reception; to succeed.
#*(Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
#*:Each wit may praise it for his own dear sake, / And hint he writ it, if the thing should take .
#(lb) To consider as an instance or example.
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#To gain or secure the interest or affection of; to captivate; to engage; to interest; to charm.
#*(Bible), (w) vi.25:
#*:Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
#*(William Wake) (1657-1737)
#*:Cleombroutus was so taken with this prospect, that he had no patience.
#*(Thomas Moore) (1779-1852)
#*:I know not why, but there was a something in those half-seen features, — a charm in the very shadow that hung over their imagined beauty, — which took me more than all the outshining loveliness of her companions.
#To bear without ill humour or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure.
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#To accept the word or offer of; to receive and accept.
#* (1674-1718)
#*:I take thee at thy word.
#To draw; to deduce; to derive.
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#*(John Tillotson) (1630-1694)
#*:The firm belief of a future judgment is the most forcible motive to a good life, because taken from this consideration of the most lasting happiness and misery.
#To accept, as something offered; to receive; not to refuse or reject; to admit.
#*(Bible), (w) xxxv.31:
#*:Ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer.
#*(Bible), v.10:
#*:Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore.
# To understand or interpret.
An act of taking.
Something that is taken; a haul.
A profit, reward, bribe, illegal payoff or unethical kickback.
An interpretation or view; perspective.
(film) An attempt to record a scene.
(rugby) A catch.
(acting) A facial gesture in response to an event.
(cricket) A catch of the ball, especially by the wicket-keeper.
(printing) The quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time.
(label) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
* 1611 , (w) 1:9:
* {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
, author=(Jeremy Bernstein), volume=100, issue=2, page=146, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= (label) To come before the public.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
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, chapter=2 (label) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one's self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
* 1611 , 5:10:
* (rfdate) (Thomas Babington Macaulay):
(label) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
* 1611 , 3:2:
* (rfdate) (John Milton):
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=18 * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, magazine=(American Scientist)
, author= To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
* 1611 , (w) 6:16:
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5
As a noun take
is a fog or mist.As a verb appear is
(label) to come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.take
English
Verb
citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Cronies and capitols, passage=Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago.}}
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.”}}
citation, passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.
Code blue, passage=Time was it took a war to close a financial exchange. Now all it needs is a glitch in technology. On August 26th trading on Eurex, the main German derivatives exchange, opened as usual; 20 minutes later it shut down for about an hour. Four days earlier the shares of every company listed on NASDAQ, an American stock exchange, ceased trading for three hours.}}
Usage notes
In informal speech, especially in certain sociolects, (took) is sometimes replaced by the proscribed form (taked).Quotations
* 1611 — (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among usSynonyms
* (to grasp with the hands) grab, grasp, grip * (sense, to get into one's possession) confiscate, seize * capture, conquer, seize * (to have sex with) have * get * ingest * receive * swallowAntonyms
* (to accept) give * (to carry) bring * dropDerived terms
* foretake * out-take * take aback * take a bath * take a bite * take a bow * take a breather * take a chance * take a chill pill * take a dive * take a dump * take a gamble * take a look * take a pew * take a picture * take a risk * take a run at * take a spill * take a spin * take a tumble * take action * take advantage * take after * take against * take along * take amiss * take apart * take around * take aside * take away * take back * take charge * take comfort * take cover * take down * take exception to * take five * take flight * take for a spin * take for granted * take form * take guard * take hold * take-home pay * take in * take it as it comes * take it away * take it easy * take it like a man * take it on the chin * take it out on * take off the table * take off * take offence * take offense * take on * take one's rest * take one's time * take oneself off * take out * take over * take part * take place * take pleasure * take pride * take someone prisoner * take round * take shape * take sides * take silk * takest * take stock * take that * take the biscuit * take the cake * take the fall * take the mick * take the mickey * take the piss * take the trouble * take through * take time * take to extremes * take to heart * take to one side * take to one's bed * take to one's heels * take to * take to the streets * take turns * take umbrage * take up for * take up with * take up * take upon * take vows * take with a pinch of salt * you can't take it with you See also'' taken''' ''and'' ' takingNoun
(en noun)- He wants half of the take if he helps with the job.
- The mayor is on the take .
- What’s your take on this issue, Fred?
- It’s a take .
- Act seven, scene three, take two.
- I did a take when I saw the new car in the driveway.
Derived terms
* double take * give and take * on the take * take two * take-or-paySee also
These need to be checked and put in the section for the noun or verb senses as appropriate * bytake * intake * mistake * outtake * overtake * spit take * takings, taking * uptakeStatistics
*appear
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Verb
(en verb)- And Godthe dry land appear .
A Palette of Particles, passage=There were also particles no one had predicted that just appeared . Five of them […, i]n order of increasing modernity, […] are the neutrino, the pi meson, the antiproton, the quark and the Higgs boson.}}
citation, passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}
- We must all appear before the judgment seat.
- One ruffian escaped because no prosecutor dared to appear .
- It doth not yet appear what we shall be.
- Of their vain contest appeared no end.
citation, passage=‘Then the father has a great fight with his terrible conscience,’ said Munday with granite seriousness. ‘Should he make a row with the police […]? Or should he say nothing about it and condone brutality for fear of appearing in the newspapers?}}
Philip J. Bushnell, title=
Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene,
- They disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.
citation, passage=Mr. Campion appeared suitably impressed and she warmed to him. He was very easy to talk to with those long clown lines in his pale face, a natural goon, born rather too early she suspected.}}