See take roll on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From roll (“catalogue, list”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes roll",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking roll",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took roll",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken roll",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "take the roll",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> roll"
},
"expansion": "take roll (third-person singular simple present takes roll, present participle taking roll, simple past took roll, past participle taken roll)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To call out the names of people on a list to check their presence; to take attendance."
],
"id": "en-take_roll-en-verb-p06H0syA",
"links": [
[
"call out",
"call out"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"list",
"list"
],
[
"check",
"check"
],
[
"presence",
"presence"
],
[
"take attendance",
"take attendance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, idiomatic) To call out the names of people on a list to check their presence; to take attendance."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "take the register"
},
{
"word": "roll call"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "take roll"
}
{
"etymology_text": "From roll (“catalogue, list”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes roll",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking roll",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took roll",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken roll",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "take the roll",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> roll"
},
"expansion": "take roll (third-person singular simple present takes roll, present participle taking roll, simple past took roll, past participle taken roll)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English idioms",
"English informal terms",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"To call out the names of people on a list to check their presence; to take attendance."
],
"links": [
[
"call out",
"call out"
],
[
"name",
"name"
],
[
"people",
"people"
],
[
"list",
"list"
],
[
"check",
"check"
],
[
"presence",
"presence"
],
[
"take attendance",
"take attendance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, idiomatic) To call out the names of people on a list to check their presence; to take attendance."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "take the register"
},
{
"word": "roll call"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"informal"
]
}
],
"word": "take roll"
}
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