take office in English

Forms: takes office [present, singular, third-person], taking office [participle, present], took office [past], taken office [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> office}} take office (third-person singular simple present takes office, present participle taking office, simple past took office, past participle taken office)

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes office",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking office",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took office",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken office",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "take<,,took,taken> office"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start working at an official appointment to some office."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_office-en-verb-2gR5LlV4",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "swear in"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "start working",
          "word": "astua virkaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "start working",
          "word": "entrer en fonction"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "start working",
          "word": "nhậm chức"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take office"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes office",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking office",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took office",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken office",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> office"
      },
      "expansion": "take office (third-person singular simple present takes office, present participle taking office, simple past took office, past participle taken office)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "swear in"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start working at an official appointment to some office."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "start working",
      "word": "astua virkaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "start working",
      "word": "entrer en fonction"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "start working",
      "word": "nhậm chức"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take office"
}

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"take office" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms