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Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and one take to get the scene right. No room for error.
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Meaning of "take to" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE TO

take to play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAKE TO

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

WHAT DOES TAKE TO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of take to in the English dictionary

The first definition of take to in the dictionary is to make for; flee to. Other definition of take to is to form a liking for, esp after a short acquaintance. Take to is also to have recourse to.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE TO

take the law into one´s own hands
take the liberty
take the lid off
take the mickey
take the piss
take the place of
take the plunge
take the queen´s shilling
take the rap
take the road
take the veil
take the wind out of someone´s sails
take the words out of someone´s mouth
take the wraps off
take to heart
take to one´s bed
take to one´s heels
take to something like a duck to water
take to task
take to wife

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE TO

accessible to
bring home to
come home to
come to
do justice to
do violence to
due to
give pause to
give rise to
give the lie to
heave to
lay siege to
lie to
not hold a candle to
opposite to
rise to
set fire to
tumble to
turn a blind eye to
with an eye to

Synonyms and antonyms of take to in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «take to» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE TO

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

Translator English - Chinese

采取
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomar para
570 millions of speakers

English

take to
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

करने के लिए ले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اتخاذها ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принять к
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomar para
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ambil untuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu ergreifen, um
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

につく
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 걸릴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk kanggo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thực hiện để
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடுத்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घेऊन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere per
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podjąć, aby
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийняти до
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia de a
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να λάβει για να
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem om te
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vidta för att
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta til
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take to

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE TO»

The term «take to» is very widely used and occupies the 13.468 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE TO» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «TAKE TO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take to.
1
Shari Arison
Matters of the heart are important to me. All this materialism and all the money and wealth are things that you don't take to the grave. One day you have it. The next day you don't.
2
Katy B
I love being at home now, improving my cooking. I've got a really bad memory, so my first attempts were a disaster - I'd forget what ingredients to put in. But I do a lasagna that's a crowd-pleaser, and a good lemon drizzle cake, which I take to my mom's for the Sunday roast to fatten the family up.
3
David Beckham
I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream.
4
Patty Berg
What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win.
5
Peter Bondra
We want to learn all the game and play the best way and take to our advantage.
6
Carol Moseley Braun
There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebuild us, frankly, on a spiritual level.
7
Abigail Breslin
My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!
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Dylan Bruce
Working on a soap opera is such good training for the novice actor. No rehearsal, 120 pages of dialogue per week, and one take to get the scene right. No room for error.
9
Jack Canfield
Know your priorities and identify the five powerful action steps that you intend to take to move your initiatives forward each day. If you go to a tree with an ax and take five whacks at the tree every day, it doesn't matter if it's an oak or a redwood; eventually, the tree has to fall down.
10
Lois Capps
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month is celebrated each May, and becomes a chance for our Nation to become more familiar with the effects of this disease, and about the preventable steps that we can take to deal with it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE TO»

Discover the use of take to in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take to and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Time Falling Bodies Take To Light: Mythology, Sexuality ...
In this book, William Irwin Thompson explores the nature of myth.
William Irwin Thompson, 1996
2
How Many Women Does It Take to Change a Redneck?
Twelve . . . in a jury box. Nobody knows?it's never been done. Armed with this book, any redneck can learn to conduct himself so that no woman or her mother would ever consider asking him to change.
Jeff Foxworthy, 2006
3
50 Simple Steps You Can Take to Improve Your Personal ...
Introduces fifty strategies to help readers gain financial independence by creating an investment portfolio, buying a house, planning for retirement, and getting organized.
Ilyce R. Glink, 2001
4
Film scheduling, or, How long will it take to shoot your ...
Details step-by-step how one creates a production board to turn a shooting schedule into a workable production schedule.
Ralph Stuart Singleton, 1991
5
One: How Many People Does It Take to Make a Difference?
This is the highly-anticipated sequel to last year's best-selling Five book.
Dan Zadra, Kobi Yamada, Kristel Wills, 2010
6
A Practical Guide to Divorce in Hawaii
If this should happen, however, the court would probably grant the divorce anyway, although it might first require you (the plaintiff) to participate in conciliation efforts, in the hope of saving the marriage. How Long Does It Take to Get a Divorce?
Peter J. Herman, 1990
7
How Many Lightbulbs Does It Take to Change a Planet?: 95 ...
How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change a Planet is a clarion call for urgent action in the face of environmental change that threatens to devastate human societies.
Tony Juniper, 2008
8
Holy Ambition: What It Take to Make a Difference for God
Author, pastor and radio teacher Chip Ingram outlines what it takes to follow this renegade Jesus toward the idea of Holy Ambition. Stretching outside of your comfortable existence is just the beginning.
Chip Ingram, 2007
9
What's It Take to Make a Man?: A Handbook for the Parents of ...
The book provides a practical, comprehensive road map for the rebirth of real Manhood and Family-hood.
R. O. Bloch, 2012
10
Desire Study Guide: The Journey We Must Take to Find the ...
How do we follow this warning? How do we protect our hearts in this dangerous story in which we live? It all depends, says John Eldredge, on how you handle desire. "How you handle your heart's desire is how you handle your heart.
John Eldredge, 2007

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE TO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term take to is used in the context of the following news items.
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Planes take to the runway in a glorious 8K 360-degree video
We haven't even had a chance to fill our homes with 4K TVs and already YouTube is moving on to 8K. To get an early jump on the coming wave of mega-high ... «Engadget, Jun 15»
2
Women take to the stage, finally, at Apple developers confab
Two women on stage might not seem like a big deal, until you realize that -- until now -- only two women had made an appearance since 2007 at the developers' ... «CNET, Jun 15»
3
Germans take to the streets to protest against 'Islamisation'
A new type of anti-immigration protest is sweeping across Germany, as thousands take to the streets against what they say is the growing “Islamisation” of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»

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