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Take/Bring
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Take vs. Bring
Take
/teɪk/
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To grasp or receive something physically or mentally
Examples:
Robert
takes
his dog with him to work.
That night Holmes and I
took
a train to Norbury.
Where are you
taking
her?
Synonyms:
grasp
capture
seize
accept
receive
Antonyms:
give
reject
release
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Bring
/brɪŋ/
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To carry or move something or someone to a place
Examples:
October
brought
Lyon Burke.
We are
bringing
him in.'
Default to discard unless something truly
brings
you joy.
Synonyms:
carry
fetch
convey
Antonyms:
take
remove
send
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Ways to tell them apart:
Bring means to come to a place with something, while take means to go away with something.
If you are bringing something, you are moving it towards the point of reference or the speaker.
Conversely, taking involves moving something away from the point of reference or the speaker.
Use bring when the starting point is different from the speaker's current location, but the destination is the same.
Use take when the destination is different from the speaker's current location.
When to use take:
When to use bring:
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