how to pronounce took

/ˈtʊk/

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took is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of took in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… at that so we actually took a we took a …”

meanings of took

verb:

Past participle of take.
Simple past tense of take.

took frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word took occurs in english on average 412.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.