take away
/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/
"take-away" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“take away” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To remove something and put it in a different place.
Corpus desk
Index EN-take-away · take away · English
take away · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | take away |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “take away” in English
Rare enough to double-check
take away is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for take away, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is take away, spelled T-A-K-E- -A-W-A-Y.
Definition
- 1To remove something and put it in a different place.
- 2To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- 3To remove something, either material or abstract, so that a person no longer has it.
- 4To subtract or diminish something.
- 5To leave a memory or impression in one's mind that you think about later.
- 6To make someone leave a place and go somewhere else. Usually not with the person's consent.
- 7To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how take away appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat.
The teacher took my mobile phone away until the end of the lesson.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.