"take for" meaning in English

See take for in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes for [present, singular, third-person], taking for [participle, present], took for [past], taken for [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> for}} take for (third-person singular simple present takes for, present participle taking for, simple past took for, past participle taken for)
  1. To regard as. Translations (to regard): uzskatīt (Latvian), turēt (Latvian), держа́ть (deržátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), принима́ть (prinimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приня́ть (prinjátʹ) (alt: за) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-take_for-en-verb-AtuVJbg2 Disambiguation of 'to regard': 73 21 7
  2. To consider mistakenly. Translations (to consider mistakenly): prendre (French), confondre (French), noturēt (Latvian), принима́ть (prinimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), приня́ть (prinjátʹ) (alt: за) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-take_for-en-verb-lCTZGysL Disambiguation of 'to consider mistakenly': 5 93 2
  3. (colloquial) To defraud; to rip off. Tags: colloquial Translations (to defraud, to rip off): apkrāpt (Latvian), apkāst [slang] (Latvian), appist [vulgar] (Latvian), раскрути́ть (raskrutítʹ) [colloquial, perfective] (Russian), ободра́ть (obodrátʹ) [colloquial, perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-take_for-en-verb-E3GgFK18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (for), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 16 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 13 78 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (for): 15 12 73 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of 'to defraud, to rip off': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: take for granted, take for a ride

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for take for meaning in English (4.1kB)

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      "sense": "to consider mistakenly",
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      "sense": "to consider mistakenly",
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      "sense": "to consider mistakenly",
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