take in
take
teÉĒk
teik
in
ÉĒn
in
/tˈeÉĒk ˈÉĒn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "take in"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to take in
[phrase form: take]
01

āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to comprehend something
Transitive: to take in a concept or content
to take in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please take these guidelines in before starting the project.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāχ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦ⧁āĻā§āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻ• āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to accept someone or something into one's family or home
Transitive: to take in sb/sth
to take in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We'll take the rescue dog in and give it a loving home.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āύ⧇āĻšāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤
03

āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to observe something with one's eyes, often paying close attention to the details
Transitive: to take in a sight
to take in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It's important to take the entire scene in when conducting a thorough investigation.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒ⧁āĻ™ā§āĻ–āĻžāύ⧁āĻĒ⧁āĻ™ā§āĻ– āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
04

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāϕ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to include or make something a part of a broader context or entity
Transitive: to take in sth
to take in definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They took the latest technology trends in and upgraded their software.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āφāĻĒāĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to provide a place for someone to stay temporarily
Transitive: to take in sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hotel was kind enough to take us in when our flight got canceled.
āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāχāϟ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϞ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϝāĻĨ⧇āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
06

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϭ⧁āϞ āĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to deceive someone, typically by presenting false information
Transitive: to take in sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She took in her friends with a convincing lie about where she had been all weekend.
āϏ⧇ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ āĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻšāϜāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to accept or emotionally process something
Transitive: to take in a situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the unexpected announcement, it was hard for them to take it in.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
08

āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to collect something, such as money or donations
Transitive: to take in sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The organization works to take in contributions for local animal shelters.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻļ⧁ āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
09

āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to visit a place or attend an event for entertainment
Transitive: to take in a place or an event
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tourists planned to take in the art museum and explore the historical landmarks.
āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāϟāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϜāĻžāĻĻ⧁āϘāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
10

āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to adjust the size of clothes to make them smaller
Transitive: to take in clothes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
If the shirt is too big, you can easily take it in at the sides.
āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡āχ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ.
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āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to consume certain types of food as part of one's diet
Transitive: to take in food
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I usually take in a cup of herbal tea before bedtime.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāϤ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻĒ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŦāĻžāϞ āϚāĻž āĻ–āĻžāχāĨ¤
12

āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to absorb a substance
Transitive: to take in a substance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Certain plants have the ability to take in pollutants from the air.
āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āώāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
13

āϜāϞ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĄā§āĻŦāĻž

(of a boat or ship) to become flooded with water
Transitive: to take in water
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The small boat began to take in water after hitting a submerged log.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϗ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āύ⧌āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āϜāϞ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
14

āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻž, āϧāϰāĻž

to unintentionally hear parts of a conversation, typically without the speakers' awareness.
Transitive: to take in parts of a conversation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The journalist skillfully took the interviewee's candid remarks in without revealing their presence.
āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āχāĨ¤
15

āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to receive income through employment
Transitive: to take in income
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company's new product is expected to take a substantial market share in.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϜāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ–āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
16

āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž

to arrest someone
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They finally had enough evidence to take the suspect in.
āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻ­āĻžāϜāύāϕ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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