TAKING definition: the act of a person or thing that takes. See examples of taking used in a sentence.

take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.

TAKING definition: 1. present participle of take 2. present participle of take . Learn more.

If you take patients or clients, you accept them as your patients or clients. Some universities would be forced to take more students than they wanted. [VERB noun] They were told that Dr Albright wasn't …

5 days ago · Ways to take include receiving, removing, capturing, picking something up, or being seized by something. Take has many, many senses and has found its way into many English expressions.

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Drugs, medicines, Drug culture, Numbers take1 /teɪk/ verb (past tense took /tʊk/, past participle taken /ˈteɪkən/) S1 W1 1 move [transitive] to move or …

1. Capturing interest; fetching: a taking smile. 2. Contagious; catching. Used of an infectious disease.

They practiced taking apart [= disassembling] their rifles and putting them back together again. Help me take this puzzle apart.

May 16, 2025 · (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions. (uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking). quotations

There are 12 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun taking, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.