Take the first 4 elements from a list:

Take the last 3 elements:

Take elements 2 through 4:

Take the second element from an Association:

Take all but the first element from an Association:

Take every other element from 2 to 6 from an Association:

Take elements from the second to the second-to-last:

Take every other element:

Take the first two rows of a matrix:

Take all rows, and the first two columns:

Take the first two rows, and the last column:

Take a submatrix:

Take every other row and column:

Take the first 4 elements if possible, else as many as are available:

Take works with any head, not just List:

Take works with SparseArray objects:

Pick out a subimage:

Sample every third cell in an image:

Take and Drop are complementary:

Take is often equivalent to Part extraction with Range:

Take is equivalent to Part extraction with Span:

Take gives an array whose first dimensions are its arguments:

Reverse[e] is equivalent to Take[e,{-1,1,-1}]:

Take always returns a list, even if it is just taking a single element: