"take heart" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ˌteɪk ˈhɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌteɪk ˈhɑɹt/ [General-American]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-interj}} take heart
  1. Used when encouraging someone to bear or take up a difficult situation. Translations (Translations): courage (French), sé valente [singular] (Galician), sede valentes [plural] (Galician), sich ein Herz nehmen (German), καλό κουράγιο (kaló kourágio) (Greek), forza e coraggio (Italian), 頑張って (ganbatte) (english: more common when encouraging an individual) (alt: がんばって) (Japanese), 頑張れ (ganbare) (english: more common when cheering a team) (alt: がんばれ) (Japanese), głowa do góry (Polish)
    Sense id: en-take_heart-en-intj-2-r9BG8w

Verb

IPA: /ˌteɪk ˈhɑːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌteɪk ˈhɑɹt/ [General-American] Forms: takes heart [present, singular, third-person], taking heart [participle, present], took heart [past], taken heart [participle, past]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> heart}} take heart (third-person singular simple present takes heart, present participle taking heart, simple past took heart, past participle taken heart)
  1. (intransitive) To be courageous; to regain one's courage. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: take courage Translations (to be courageous): rohkaistua (Finnish), ser valente (Galician), αναθαρρεύω (anatharrévo) (Greek), αναθαρρώ (anatharró) (Greek), felbátorodik (Hungarian), herða sig upp (Icelandic), herða upp hugann (Icelandic), safna kjarki (Icelandic), öðlast kjark (Icelandic), taka í sig kjark (Icelandic), hleypa í sig kjarki (Icelandic), hleypa í sig hörku (Icelandic), manna sig upp í að gera eitthvað (english: take heart to do something) (Icelandic), taka á öllu sínu (Icelandic), mjálma í sig móðinn (Icelandic), setja í sig móð (Icelandic), brynja sig þolinmæði (Icelandic), farsi coraggio (Italian), prendere il coraggio a due mani (Italian), 頑張る (ganbaru) (alt: がんばる) (Japanese), одва́жити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), јуна́чити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), odvážiti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), junáčiti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), hålla ut (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-take_heart-en-verb-3i1Usu7- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English predicates, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 21 79 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 24 76 Disambiguation of English predicates: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 40 60

Inflected forms

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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sede valentes"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sich ein Herz nehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kaló kourágio",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "καλό κουράγιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "forza e coraggio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がんばって",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "more common when encouraging an individual",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ganbatte",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "頑張って"
    },
    {
      "alt": "がんばれ",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "more common when cheering a team",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ganbare",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "頑張れ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "głowa do góry"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take heart"
}

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