take shape

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [teyk sheyp]
- /teɪk ʃeɪp/
- /teɪk ʃeɪp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [teyk sheyp]
- /teɪk ʃeɪp/

Definitions of take shape words

noun take shape the quality of a distinct object or body in having an external surface or outline of specific form or figure. 1
noun take shape this quality as found in some individual object or body form: This lake has a peculiar shape. 1
noun take shape something seen in outline, as in silhouette: A vague shape appeared through the mist. 1
noun take shape an imaginary form; phantom. 1
noun take shape an assumed appearance; guise: an angel in the shape of a woman. 1
noun take shape a particular or definite organized form or expression: He could give no shape to his ideas. 1

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Origin of take shape

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English gesceapu (plural); replacing dial. shap, Middle English; Old English gesceap (singular); cognate with Old Norse skap state, mood; (v.) Middle English; Old English sceapen (past participle); replacing Middle English sheppe, shippe, Old English sceppan, scyppan; cognate with German schaffen, Old Norse skepja, Gothic -skapjan to make

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Parts of speech for Take shape

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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take shape popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% 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".

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Synonyms for take shape

verb take shape

break through — If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it.
bulking — the expansion of excavated material to a volume greater than that of the excavation from which it came
come to pass — to take place
crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
form — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.

All 21 Synonyms of take shape