Taker Meaning
/ˈteɪkɚ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who takes something.
nounA person or thing that takes or receives, often more than he or she gives.
Sentence Examples
Tom is a risk taker.
Are you a risk taker?
He is known to be a taker.
CEFR Practice Quiz
A risk ____ enjoys dangerous activities such as skydiving and bungee jumping.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
If anyone is looking for a free ticket to the concert this evening, I have an extra one if there is a ____ today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English takere, equivalent to take + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"An athletic kid from New Jersey, Fischer was known as a bold risk taker — they called him “the fallingest man in climbing” — until an old-school cragger taught him the Zen of controlled ascent."
— 2008 March 2, Bruce Barcott, “The Higher They Climb”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2018:
"Barely a decade ago, the notion that land should be managed in order to ensure planetary wellbeing had few takers among farmers whose raison d'etre was to fill human bellies at the lowest possible cost. But this is the proposition that is now poised to determine the future of farming."
— 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2023:
"The ſixt is like a Crabbe, & this is called by Elianus a flamant Scorpion, it is of a great body, and hath tonges and takers very ſolid and ſtrong, like the Gramuell or Creuiſh, & is therefore thought to take the beginning from that fiſh."
— 1608, Edward Topsell, “Of the Scorpion”, in The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: […], London: […] William Jaggard, →OCLC, page 223:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A risk ____ enjoys dangerous activities such as skydiving and bungee jumping.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
If anyone is looking for a free ticket to the concert this evening, I have an extra one if there is a ____ today.