Cut
Take
Take noun - Something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group.
Usage example: because there were so many winners of the jackpot, each person's take will be smaller than expected
Cut and take are semantically related in profit topic. Sometimes you can use "Cut" instead the word "Take" as a noun or a verb.
How words are described
| good | good cut | good take |
| clear | clear cut | clear take |
| best | best cut | best take |
| long | long cut | long take |
| Other adjectives: similar, direct, perfect, complete, original, top, single, actual, large, huge, little, bad, alternative, new, traditional, twisted, hilarious, next, alternate, last, different. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The participants mock her and unmask to reveal that they are villagers she's met... and then the director shouts at them to cut and take it back to the start of the scene, and takes Hetty aside to explain that it's a community film and ask for an apology.
Source: You Just Ruined the Shot -
The aliens then take one of the group to cut them up to see their intestines, for predicting the future, rather than for science.
Source: They Would Cut You Up -
Daffy: You smug son of a...(Bugs gives the cameraman the "cut feed" signal and the video promptly goes to another take.)
Source: Curse Cut Short
Cite this Source
Take and Cut. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/take
Cut & Take. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/take>.
Take or Cut. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cut/take.
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