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

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 …

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

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.

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

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

The Taking, a 2003 novel by J. D. Landis The Taking (novel), a 2004 novel by Dean Koontz The Taking, a 2004 short film directed by Matt Eskandari The Taking (album), a 2011 studio album by Loaded …

taking, + n. Government an action by the federal government, as a regulatory ruling, that imposes a restriction on the use of private property for which the owner must be compensated.

Taking definition: That captures interest; attractive; winning.

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