TAKE PLACE | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of take place in English

take place

phrase Add to word list Add to word list B1 to happen: The concert takes place next Thursday. The novel takes place over the course of a single day. A pitched battle took place between the two groups. Bribery and intimidation took place under the noses of the bureaucrats. Elections are to take place for local council seats next month. See also place noun (POSITION) (Definition of take place from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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take place

idiom Add to word list Add to word list to happen: The story takes place in the 18th century. (Definition of take place from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of take place

in Chinese (Traditional) 發生… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 发生… See more in Spanish tener lugar, suceder, pasar… See more in Portuguese acontecer… See more in French in Turkish in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Ukrainian se passer… See more olmak, meydana gelmek… See more plaatsvinden… See more konat se… See more ske… See more terjadi… See more เกิดขึ้น… See more xảy ra… See more stać się… See more hända, äga rum, inträffa… See more terjadi… See more stattfinden… See more finne sted, skje… See more ставатися, траплятися… See more Need a translator?

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take out insurance take over/up the reins idiom take part in something idiom take pity (on someone) phrase take place phrase take pride in something/someone phrase take root idiom take shape idiom take sides phrase {{#randomImageQuizHook.filename}} {{#randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} Test your vocabulary with our fun image quizzes Try a quiz now {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{^randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.isQuiz}} {{/randomImageQuizHook.filename}}

More meanings of take place

• take to somewhere phrasal verb
• take someone around (something/somewhere) phrasal verb
• take someone round (something/somewhere) phrasal verb
• take place
• take first/second place idiom
• take the place of someone/something phrase
• have/take pride of place idiom

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• take to somewhere phrasal verb
• take someone around (something/somewhere) phrasal verb
• take someone round (something/somewhere) phrasal verb

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• take first/second place idiom
• take the place of someone/something phrase
• have/take pride of place idiom
• take someone/somewhere by storm idiom
• take up residence/residency somewhere phrase

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