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TAKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of someone who picks up or takes something
Example:
clothing could be had for the taking
Synonyms:
pickings; taking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("taking" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Derivation:
take (get into one's hands, take physically)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very attractive; capturing interest
Example:
a winning personality
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
attractive (pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb take
Context examples:
There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
If a virus is making you sick, taking antibiotics may do more harm than good.
(Antibiotics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Phase III trials compare the results of people taking a new treatment with the results of people taking the standard treatment.
(Clinical trial phase, NCI Dictionary)
A person who gives care to people who need help taking care of themselves.
(Caregiver, NCI Dictionary)
The Institute is a translational cancer center, taking a team approach to cancer.
(NYU Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus)
Taking OTC medicines still has risks.
(Over-the-Counter Medicines, Food and Drug Administration)
Watching something and taking note of what happens.
(Observation, NCI Thesaurus)
The BCPT also looked at whether taking tamoxifen would decrease the number of heart attacks and reduce the number of bone fractures in these women.
(Breast Cancer Prevention Trial, NCI Thesaurus)
It is important to keep taking your medicines, even if you feel better.
(Antidepressants, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
It affects people who have immune system problems, such as people who have had a transplant, are taking high doses of steroids, or getting chemotherapy for some cancers.
(Aspergillosis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
