Word for something that can be taken away

If you are looking for something that replaces the phrase to take something away from something and something that replaces the noun takeaway, the phrase and the noun are easy to avoid: What did you learn from that conversation? What was the lesson? How did you benefit from the encounter? What was your reward/benefit?

There are probably other reasonable synonyms for the phrase and the noun, but these ideas should be enough to get you started. Unfortunately, members are not allowed to start lists of synonyms in their threads, so you will need to use a thesaurus to look for other possibilities.

Hello and thank you Owlman5 for the prompt response. But I’m not going to substitue something with them, so thesaures would be of no use for me. I just need to know what a native speaker would use here in common English, both in AmE and BrE and also in either case of writen and spoken languages.
I guess «interpretation» and «interpret» would work properly, but I’m not sure if there is any better case to remember in this sense or not. I wonder if you could tell me more about it.

Then you should be able to rely on the thesaurus and the words it suggests as synonyms, A-friend. Unfortunately, a moderator will probably close your thread if the moderator decides that the thread has begun a list of suggestions for synonyms.

If you gather a collection of alternative phrases and words to use instead of «takeaway» and «to take something away from something», that collection will certainly qualify as a list of synonyms. But that will be your concern and not mine.

Then you should be able to rely on the thesaurus and the words it suggests as synonyms, A-friend. Unfortunately, a moderator will probably close your thread if the moderator decides that the thread has begun a list of suggestions for synonyms.

If you gather a collection of alternative phrases and words to use instead of «takeaway» and «to take something away from something», that collection will certainly qualify as a list of synonyms. But that will be your concern and not mine.

I see Owlman and thank you very much again for helping me.

We can ask someone «What is your take on that?», meaning «How do you view that question, what’s your opinion?»
— What I took away from his talk is that going to university is definitely worth it.

«Takeaway», both noun and adjective, are in the dictionary, and examples are given. Our collocations dictionary is very useful:
https://www.wordreference.com/EnglishCollocations/takeaway

We can ask someone «What is your take on that?», meaning «How do you view that question, what’s your opinion?»
— What I took away from his talk is that going to university is definitely worth it.

«Takeaway», both noun and adjective, are in the dictionary, and examples are given. Our collocations dictionary is very useful:
https://www.wordreference.com/EnglishCollocations/takeaway

Thank you Velisarious. But can anybody understand these terms? Many dictionaries also acknowledge that these terms are mostly used by north American youth.

«Takeaway», both noun and adjective, are in the dictionary, and examples are given. Our collocations dictionary is very useful:

Noun and adjective — but

not

verb, as used in the OP.

Many dictionaries also acknowledge that these terms are mostly used by north American youth.

Note that it’s not in WRF Collins. (It’s not in Random House Learner’s, either — only WRF Random House Unabridged.)

There is no verb «takeaway». The verb is just «take» and «away» is a preposition. «Take-away» as in I’ll call in at the take-away on my way home» is a compound noun.

Thank you Billj; just does the verb «take away» work in this sense?

Many dictionaries also acknowledge that these terms are mostly used by north American youth.

This is just wrong. It doesn’t sound anything like what young people would say. It sounds like what middle-aged journalists, businessmen and bureaucrats would say.

Journalist interviewing political analyst:
«What’s your takeaway from the president’s press conference?»

This is just wrong. It doesn’t sound anything like what young people would say. It sounds like what middle-aged journalists, businessmen and bureaucrats would say.

So does it make sense all over the world? Can anybody (irrespective of the educatioal degree, region, age etc.) understand it? Do my original sentences sound idiomatic and natural everywhere?

It is either me, BE, or both but «What’s your takeaway from the president’s press conference?» does not work for me at all.

To me a takeaway is an informal word for a meal bought at a shop or restaurant that one takes away so as to eat it at home or elsewhere.

It is either me, BE, or both but «What’s your takeaway from the president’s press conference?» does not work for me at all.

To me a takeaway is an informal word for a meal bought at a shop or restaurant that one takes away so as to eat it at home or elsewhere.

Yes! This is waht I know about the regional differences in this case. So what a native speaker uses in this sense, so that they could avoid being hipster and biased towards a specific type of English as well as being understood by everyone?

So what would a native speaker use in this sense,

Kentix is helpful

— What did you takeaway take away from his behaviour?

A slightly «business-speak» (or a little over-concerned) version of «What impression of his behaviour did you receive?» or «What did you think of the way he behaved?»

— What is your takeaway

from

on this matter?

A slightly «business-speak» version of = What is your opinion on this matter?

I got interrupted writing my answer #14 above. You might have only seen part of it. I changed my mind on some things as I wrote.

Like Paul says, it definitely has a business-speak, journalist-speak tone to it. I can’t imagine why anyone would say young people would normally use it.

Kentix is helpful
A slightly «business-speak» (or a little over-concerned) version of «What impression of his behaviour did you receive?» or «What did you think of the way he behaved?»
A slightly «business-speak» version of = What is your opinion on this matter?

Although it has a business tone, but is it understandable for all peopele PaulQ?

Yes.

Thank you very much Paul.

I don’t live everywhere so I can’t speak for those places but it sounds very normal to me in AE.. It’s something I would expect to hear most after a meeting or speech or some other event, that is being analyzed, as in the discussion about politics above.

— What I took away from his talk is that going to university is definitely worth it.
You are analyzing/commenting on the talk. Your primary reaction/conclusion is the idea that going to university is worth it.

— What did you takeaway take away from his behavior?
I’m not sure this is a good use. It probably needs to be more specific. «What did you take away from seeing him overreact and cause a scene?»
My takeaway (general conclusion) is that he has problems managing his anger.

Also, dictionaries say that I can use «takeaway» as a noun in this sense. I.e. I can say something like:

— You’re Your takeaway from my words was wrong.
A takeaway is someone’s opinion of what they just saw, heard or read. It’s a reference to their bottom-line opinion of the most important basic thing they learned or concluded. You can’t tell someone that their opinion is wrong because an opinion is not a fact. You could say, «I think your takeaway is mistaken. That’s not what I meant.» But it’s their right to have whatever opinion they want. But you probably wouldn’t say that either. It sounds more normal to refer you your own takeaway than someone else’s. You would more likely say, «I think you were mistaken about what I meant.» or «I think you are mistaken about what I said.»

— What is your takeaway from on this matter?
Like I said above, it’s not usually a reference to a thing. It’s a reference to an event or development or new information. «What’s your takeaway from the news conference/speech/talk/program/broadcast/interview?» The event is over, you are leaving, what opinion do you have about it (what opinion are you taking away with you)? What is your fundamental conclusion as to the most important thing that was said or suggested by what was said.

That was realy helpful Kentix. Thank you very much.

I was reading some stuff to help me with my website and I came upon this site tonight.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/xml-sitemaps-seo/266907/#section3
It’s about making a sitemap for your site. It’s divided into different topics. After discussing each topic, there is a summary at the end, like this one:

Key Takeaway

Basically, it’s a summary of what they consider the most important points to remember or that they think you should have learned from reading that section. It’s what they think you should take away with you as you move on to the next section.

I was reading some stuff to help me with my website and I came upon this site tonight.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/xml-sitemaps-seo/266907/#section3
It’s about making a sitemap for your site. It’s divided into different topics. After discussing each topic, there is a summary at the end, like this one:

Key Takeaway

Dynamic XML sitemaps and a sitemap index are modern best practice. Mobile and HTML sitemaps are not.

Basically, it’s a summary of what they consider the most important points to remember or that they think you should have learned from reading that section. It’s what they think you should take away with you as you move on to the next section.

Thank you very much Kentix.

Kentix is helpful
A slightly «business-speak» (or a little over-concerned) version of «What impression of his behaviour did you receive?» or «What did you think of the way he behaved?»
A slightly «business-speak» version of = What is your opinion on this matter?

Paul, would it be possible to drop «away» and just use «take» in verbal form as we did in noun form?
For instance, please consider the useful sentence: «don’t take it the other way».
I guess although regionaly people use one of them («takeaway» and «take» as a noun.)
Also, for the verbal forms, some people (irrespective of America or Britain) got used to utilize «take away» and some other people use simply «take». Do you agree?

In this meaning, as a noun and a verb, we have

BE:
What is your take on this? -> What is your opinion/understanding of this? — «This» can be anything from an enraged elephant to the most subtle philosophical concept.

The verb is used in reference to (i) any experience, (ii) a learning experience, of some sort.

Although take is used in genuine questions, it is also used by instructors and people in authority to cause the listener to repeat/summarise the instruction they have been given. This is done, ostensibly, to ensure that the correct message has been understood, but primarily to ensure that the listener cannot later say «Oh… I didn’t know…»

What did you take from this? -> What was the underlying message that you received from this?
What did you take away from this? -> [Of past training/a past experience etc.] (i) In your opinion, what was the underlying message of this? (ii) What message did you receive from this (iii)
What did you take away with you from this? -> What was the underlying message from this that you will later be able to put into practice?