"take at face value" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes at face value [present, singular, third-person], taking at face value [participle, present], took at face value [past], taken at face value [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> at face value}} take at face value (third-person singular simple present takes at face value, present participle taking at face value, simple past took at face value, past participle taken at face value)
  1. (transitive, figuratively) Accept as presented, without question or further investigation. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: take on trust, take on faith, accept at face value Related terms: on the face of it, take seriously, take someone at their word Translations (Translations): uskoa sellaisenaan (Finnish), ottaa täydestä (Finnish), ottaa todesta (Finnish), prendre pour argent comptant (French), etwas für bare Münze nehmen (German), παίρνω τοις μετρητοίς (paírno tois metritoís) (Greek), prendere per buona moneta (Italian), pieņemt par skaidru zeltu (english: accept as clear gold) (Latvian), brać za dobrą monetę [imperfective] (Polish), wziąć za dobrą monetę [perfective] (Polish), przyjmować za dobrą monetę [imperfective] (Polish), przyjąć za dobrą monetę [perfective] (Polish), lua de bun (Romanian), принима́ть за чи́стую моне́ту (prinimátʹ za čístuju monétu) [imperfective] (Russian), приня́ть за чи́стую моне́ту (prinjátʹ za čístuju monétu) [perfective] (Russian), al pie de la letra [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-take_at_face_value-en-verb-kaunc6kf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "принима́ть за чи́стую моне́ту"
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      "word": "uskoa sellaisenaan"
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      "word": "ottaa todesta"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "prendre pour argent comptant"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "etwas für bare Münze nehmen"
    },
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      "word": "παίρνω τοις μετρητοίς"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "prendere per buona moneta"
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "pieņemt par skaidru zeltu"
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      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "brać za dobrą monetę"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "przyjmować za dobrą monetę"
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      "word": "przyjąć za dobrą monetę"
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      "sense": "Translations",
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      "roman": "prinimátʹ za čístuju monétu",
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      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "принима́ть за чи́стую моне́ту"
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      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "приня́ть за чи́стую моне́ту"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
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      "word": "al pie de la letra"
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