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I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.
Orhan Pamuk

Meaning of "partake" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PARTAKE

Back formation from partaker, earlier part taker, based on Latin particeps participant.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PARTAKE

partake  [pɑːˈteɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARTAKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Partake is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb partake in English.

WHAT DOES PARTAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of partake in the English dictionary

The first definition of partake in the dictionary is to have a share; participate. Other definition of partake is to take or receive a portion, esp of food or drink. Partake is also to suggest or have some of the quality.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PARTAKE

PRESENT

Present
I partake
you partake
he/she/it partakes
we partake
you partake
they partake
Present continuous
I am partaking
you are partaking
he/she/it is partaking
we are partaking
you are partaking
they are partaking
Present perfect
I have partaken
you have partaken
he/she/it has partaken
we have partaken
you have partaken
they have partaken
Present perfect continuous
I have been partaking
you have been partaking
he/she/it has been partaking
we have been partaking
you have been partaking
they have been partaking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I partook
you partook
he/she/it partook
we partook
you partook
they partook
Past continuous
I was partaking
you were partaking
he/she/it was partaking
we were partaking
you were partaking
they were partaking
Past perfect
I had partaken
you had partaken
he/she/it had partaken
we had partaken
you had partaken
they had partaken
Past perfect continuous
I had been partaking
you had been partaking
he/she/it had been partaking
we had been partaking
you had been partaking
they had been partaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will partake
you will partake
he/she/it will partake
we will partake
you will partake
they will partake
Future continuous
I will be partaking
you will be partaking
he/she/it will be partaking
we will be partaking
you will be partaking
they will be partaking
Future perfect
I will have partaken
you will have partaken
he/she/it will have partaken
we will have partaken
you will have partaken
they will have partaken
Future perfect continuous
I will have been partaking
you will have been partaking
he/she/it will have been partaking
we will have been partaking
you will have been partaking
they will have been partaking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would partake
you would partake
he/she/it would partake
we would partake
you would partake
they would partake
Conditional continuous
I would be partaking
you would be partaking
he/she/it would be partaking
we would be partaking
you would be partaking
they would be partaking
Conditional perfect
I would have partake
you would have partake
he/she/it would have partake
we would have partake
you would have partake
they would have partake
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been partaking
you would have been partaking
he/she/it would have been partaking
we would have been partaking
you would have been partaking
they would have been partaking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you partake
we let´s partake
you partake
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to partake
Past participle
partaken
Present Participle
partaking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARTAKE


beefsteak
ˈbiːfˌsteɪk
betake
bɪˈteɪk
cheesesteak
ˈtʃiːzˌsteɪk
entertake
ˌentəˈteɪk
grubstake
ˈɡrʌbˌsteɪk
intake
ˈɪnˌteɪk
mistake
mɪˈsteɪk
offtake
ˈɒfˌteɪk
outtake
ˈaʊtˌteɪk
overtake
ˌəʊvəˈteɪk
retake
riːˈteɪk
reuptake
ˌriːˈʌpˈteɪk
stake
steɪk
steak
steɪk
stocktake
ˈstɒkˌteɪk
sweepstake
ˈswiːpˌsteɪk
take
teɪk
undertake
ˌʌndəˈteɪk
uptake
ˈʌpˌteɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARTAKE

part payment
part song
part way
part work
part-exchange
part-off
part-time
part-timer
part-writing
part.
partaken
partaker
partan
parted
parter
parterre
parthenocarpic
parthenocarpous
parthenocarpy
parthenogenesis

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARTAKE

acceptable daily intake
air-intake
at stake
caretake
category mistake
clbuttic mistake
double take
enokitake
give-and-take
give or take
matsutake
piss-take
quick on the uptake
shiitake
shitake
slow on the uptake
spelling mistake
wapentake

Synonyms and antonyms of partake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «partake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARTAKE

Find out the translation of partake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of partake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «partake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

分享
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

participar
570 millions of speakers

English

partake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हिस्सा लेना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يشاركون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

участие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

participar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অংশগ্রহণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre part à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ambil bahagian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

teilhaben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

参加する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

참여
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Partake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பங்கேற்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सहभागी होणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

katılmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

partecipare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

udziału
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

участь
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

părtași
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συμμετέχετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deelneem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

delta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

delta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of partake

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARTAKE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARTAKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about partake

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9 QUOTES WITH «PARTAKE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word partake.
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Ibrahim Babangida
It is only through books that we partake of the great harvest that is human civilization across the ages.
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Alain de Botton
A city like London is sociable in a sense that there are people gathering in bars and restaurants, concerts and lectures. Yet you can partake of all these experiences and never say hello to anyone new. And one of the things that all religions do is take groups of strangers into a space and say it is OK to talk to each other.
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James E. Faust
If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.
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Caio Fonseca
I'm not particularly interested in painting, per se. I'm interested in a painting that has that mysterious life to it. Anything that doesn't partake of that magic is halfway dead - it returns to its physical elements, it's just paint and canvas.
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Francis I
Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them.
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Jackie Gleason
Our dreams are firsthand creations, rather than residues of waking life. We have the capacity for infinite creativity; at least while dreaming, we partake of the power of the Spirit, the infinite Godhead that creates the cosmos.
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Orhan Pamuk
I write because I have an innate need to. I write because I can't do normal work. I write because I want to read books like the ones I write. I write because I am angry at everyone. I write because I love sitting in a room all day writing. I write because I can partake of real life only by changing it.
8
Adam Rickitt
With regard to the youth vote we should encourage them to partake in the process, making more use of our education system to show the role Government plays in their lives, but also utilise the youth media they relate to to better connect them to our message.
9
Shashi Tharoor
Many of the people who are most considered anti-American would love to partake of the American dream: the unspoken slogan of many protesters outside U.S. embassies abroad is really: 'Yankee go home, but take me with you.'

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARTAKE»

Discover the use of partake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to partake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Partake
These are poems that utter themselves in cries of grief and praise, poems that are vastly, vitally alive.” – Barry Dempster, author of The Burning Alphabet and Love Outlandish
Robert Hilles, 2010
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The Ground of the Church and the Meetings of the Church
CHAPTER FOUR FOUR MAIN ITEMS IN THE LORD'S TABLE MEETING Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 10:21; 11:23-25; 1 Cor. 15:45b; John 4:24; 1 John 2:23; Heb. 2:11b-12; Matt. 26:30 REMEMBERING THE LORD BEING TO PARTAKE OF HIM ...
Witness Lee, 2002
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The Christian Life Series
God's invitation to us is to come and partake of that which is able to give us life. He wants us to understand what it means to live according to His Spirit, walk according to His ways, and recognize that our well-being is established in Him.
Rayola Kelley, 2013
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The Life of St. Chrysostom
36G PARTICIPATION IN Hom. in service.1 Thus he says : " I observe that many Ephes. m. partake of the body of the Lord rashly and. without due consideration, more from habit and prescription, than from reason and reflection. During the fast  ...
August Neander, 1845
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The works of ... Daniel Waterland. To which is prefixed, a ...
Daniel Waterland William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham). politan admits of it. His words are : " In the Christian " Church, there is only one proper sacrifice, which our " Lord offered upon the cross ; and consequently Chris- " turns cannot partake of ...
Daniel Waterland, William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham), 1823
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Complete Works
“And yet the others are not absolutely deprived of the one, but somehow partake of it.”—“In what way?”—“In that things other than the one are surely other because they have parts; for if they didn't have parts, they would be altogether one.
Plato, John M. Cooper, D. S. Hutchinson, 1997
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The gentleman's glee book: consisting of a selection of ...
Quell thy nightly ; Mid ere - at ion's joy partake, Smile with morning's bea ming, greet thee. Wake, O slumbering man, awake! Quell thy nightly dreaming; Mid ere -ation's joy partake, Smile with morning's beaming, -•--0—0- H-Hh- ztzzt: 1 L-+ ...
‎1841
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The Foreign Quarterly Review
60. f Derived apparently from a speech in the 'Parmenides :' in which the philosopher after whom the dialogue is named, is made to say to Socrates, ' It appears to you, as you say, that there are certain kinds, or ideas, of which things partake, ...
‎1843
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Nicene and Post-nicene Fathers First Series, St.chrysostom: ...
Oh ! the force of custom and of prejudice 1 In vain is the daily Sacrifice,1 in vain do we stand before the Altar ; there is no one to partake. These things I am saying , not to induce you to partake any how, but that ye should render yourselves ...
Philip Schaff, 2007
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For a Glory and a Covering: A Practical Theology of Marriage
Just as Christ partakes of the Father covenantally (11:3), so men partake of Christ and women partake of their husbands. This is obviously not the only kind of partaking possible (for example, both men and women together partake of Christ,  ...
Douglas Wilson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARTAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term partake is used in the context of the following news items.
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Blake Griffin to partake in Team USA mini-camp
With the 2016 Rio Olympics around the corner, the brains behind Team USA Basketball are holding a training camp in Las Vegas to get a look ... «Clipperholics, Jul 15»
2
Library to partake in Kent Sidewalk Festival
They will include “A Passion for Poetry” from 11 a.m. to noon Aug. 7, and laughter yoga from 10 to 11 a.m., a kids' carnival from 10 a.m. to noon, ... «The Greater New Milford Spectrum, Jul 15»
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Culture Minister invites Thais to partake in Buddhism Promotion Week
Culture Minister invites Thais to partake in Buddhism Promotion Week. Sunday, 26 July 2015 By NNT. BANGKOK, July 2015 - The Ministry of Culture is ... «Pattaya Mail, Jul 15»
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Public procurement officers challenged to partake in state …
Public procurement officers challenged to partake in state construction works. Dr Tett Affotey-Walters (3rd left), the Director of Procurement of ... «Graphic Online, Jul 15»
5
Stephen Hawking Set to Partake in Reddit Q&A Session
Stephen Hawking Set to Partake in Reddit Q&A Session Renowned academic physicist Stephen Hawking serves to be component and get a ... «Vocal Republic, Jul 15»
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To partake in the Medicare Care Choices Model: Regional Hospice …
Danbury, Conn. — Regional Hospice and Home Care has been selected to participate in the Medicare Care Choices Model, announced ... «The Market Business, Jul 15»
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Symonenko says Communists to partake in Ukrainian elections …
Bodyguards escort Petro Symonenko (2nd R), the leader of the Ukrainian Communists party, away after a protester threw kefir (a fermented ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
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Nativ Hotel's Waiver Has Guests Promise Not to Partake in Pot
Nativ Hotel, which made headlines around the world (and here) with its “weed-friendly” attitude when it opened at the end of May, is no longer ... «Westword, Jul 15»
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College security guards partake in bomb detection training
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — Security guards who work at colleges and universities across Connecticut participated in specialized training ... «WTNH Connecticut News, Jul 15»
10
Young Poets to Partake in Workshop
Fourteen young Namibian poets between the ages of 12 and 14 have been selected to partake in the third season of the Grass Roots Slam ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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