phrasal verb · neutral
take in
/teɪk ɪn/take IN
speakingtask2
1) to understand or absorb information; 2) to deceive someone; 3) to allow someone to stay in your home; 4) to make clothing smaller
Examples
“She couldn't take in all the details from the lecture, so she made notes.”
“They were taken in by a phone scam and lost money.”
“During the winter she took in a lodger to help pay the bills.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the lecture was fast, she managed to take in the key points and later summarised them clearly in her report.”
Collocations
- take in information
- be taken in by a scam
- take in a lodger/guest
Word family
take in / takes in / took in / taken in verb
Common mistakes
take→take in
let in→take in
Say it for a higher band
5understand→6absorb→7+take in
Synonyms
absorb
deceive
let in
Easily confused
let in
“She let the children in from the rain.”
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