взять — meaning in English

English meaning

• capture verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
• choose verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
• take verb To reach out and get hold of something, or to remove or carry it away.

Senses

взять is used for these senses in English:

• capture (transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
• check out (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
• choose To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
• take (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
• take (transitive) To select or choose; to pick.
• take (transitive, especially of a vehicle) To transport or carry; to convey to another place.
• take (transitive) To assume or suppose; to reckon; to regard or consider.
• take (transitive, baseball) To decline to swing at (a pitched ball); to refrain from hitting at, and allow to pass.

capture — full definition

1. verb To take hold of or seize something or someone by force.
2. verb To record or represent something, especially so it can be seen or reviewed later.
3. noun The act of seizing or taking control of something, or the thing seized.

choose — full definition

1. verb To pick one option from among two or more possibilities.
2. verb To decide or prefer to act in a particular way.

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