Taking

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ

Full definition of taking

Adjective

1. alluring; attractive.
• Fullersubtile in making his temptations most taking
2. (obsolete) infectious; contagious

Noun

1. (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
2. (uncountable) An apprehension.
3. (countable) That which has been gained.Count the shop's takings.

Verb

1. Present participle of take
• 1893, Walter Besant, The Ivory Gate Chapter Prologue, Athelstan Arundel walked home …, foaming and raging....He walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.

Derived terms

• for the taking