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- [teyk oh-ver]
- /teɪk ˈoʊ vər/
- /teɪk ˈəʊvə(r)/
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- [teyk oh-ver]
- /teɪk ˈoʊ vər/
Definitions of take over words
- noun take over the act of taking. 1
- noun take over something that is taken. 1
- noun take over the quantity of fish, game, etc., taken at one time. 1
- noun take over an opinion or assessment: What's your take on the candidate? 1
- noun take over an approach; treatment: a new take on an old idea. 1
- noun take over Informal. money taken in, especially profits. 1
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Origin of take over
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; noun use of verb phrase take over
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Parts of speech for Take over
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
take over popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
take over usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for take over
verb take over
- accroach — to assume to oneself without right or authority; usurp.
- adopt — If you adopt a new attitude, plan, or way of behaving, you begin to have it.
- annex — If a country annexes another country or an area of land, it seizes it and takes control of it.
- assume — If you assume that something is true, you imagine that it is true, sometimes wrongly.
- beaconed — a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an elevated position.
adjective take over
- advancing — to move or bring forward: The general advanced his troops to the new position.
- constraining — Present participle of constrain.
- craving — an intense desire or longing
- lusting — intense sexual desire or appetite.
- yearning — deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
Antonyms for take over
verb take over
- abalienate — (civil law, transitive) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
- cede — If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
- deeded — something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act: Do a good deed every day.
- fork over — an instrument having two or more prongs or tines, for holding, lifting, etc., as an implement for handling food or any of various agricultural tools.
- give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
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