TAKING definition: the act of a person or thing that takes. See examples of taking used in a sentence.

take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab mean to get hold of by or as if by catching up with the hand. take is a general term applicable to any manner of getting something into one's possession or control.

1. Capturing interest; fetching: a taking smile. 2. Contagious; catching. Used of an infectious disease.

If you take patients or clients, you accept them as your patients or clients. Some universities would be forced to take more students than they wanted. [VERB noun] They were told that Dr Albright wasn't …

Many of our lives are centered on taking care of the needs of everyone around us aside from ourselves. It wanders about a third of the time while a person is reading, talking with other people, or taking care …

Taking definition: That captures interest; attractive; winning.

adjective very attractive; capturing interest “something inexpressibly taking in his manner” synonyms: fetching, winning attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm

I'm sorry, but the doctor isn't taking on [= taking] any new patients. She agreed to take him on as an assistant.

to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action. to take a pen and begin to write. to hold, grasp, or grip. to take a child by the hand. to get into one's hands, possession, control, etc., by force or …

They prefer the slick repetition of cliché to the taking of risks in thought or language.