See take one's time in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes one's time",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking one's time",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took one's time",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken one's time",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> one's time"
},
"expansion": "take one's time (third-person singular simple present takes one's time, present participle taking one's time, simple past took one's time, past participle taken one's time)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "55 45",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English light verb constructions",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "74 26",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Estonian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "63 37",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "68 32",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Irish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "58 42",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "59 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Take your time — there's no need to rush.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1951 July, “Notes and News: Recalling 160 Years”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:",
"text": "Working with pick, shovel, and wheelbarrow, he took his time over the job, for it was not until May 17, 1816, that it was opened for traffic.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace."
],
"id": "en-take_one's_time-en-verb-q6gfNMuC",
"links": [
[
"slowly",
"slowly"
],
[
"carefully",
"carefully"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendre el seu temps"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "不着急"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "慢慢来"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "de tijd nemen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "mitte kiirustama"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "verb can be replaced with another",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "tehdä rauhassa"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendre son temps"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "langsam angehen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "sich Zeit lassen"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "with its infinitive form depending on the person[s], see its conjugation",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "nem kell kapkodnia"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "ráérünk"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "glac am"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "tóg am"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "con comodo"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendersela comoda"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nie śpieszyć się"
},
{
"_dis1": "98 2",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "gabh ùine"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You sure took your time getting here!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable."
],
"id": "en-take_one's_time-en-verb-lTm1XqqQ",
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable."
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"word": "take time"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"word": "take someone's time"
},
{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"word": "in one's own time"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "dawdle"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "take too long"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "tarry"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "mitte kiirustama"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "kestää (+ subject in adessive)",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "prendre son temps"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "nem kapkodja el"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "prendersela comoda"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "marudzić"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "gabh ùine"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-take one's time.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/En-au-take_one%27s_time.ogg/En-au-take_one%27s_time.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-au-take_one%27s_time.ogg"
}
],
"word": "take one's time"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English light verb constructions",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Estonian translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Irish translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "takes one's time",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "taking one's time",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "took one's time",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "taken one's time",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "take<,,took,taken> one's time"
},
"expansion": "take one's time (third-person singular simple present takes one's time, present participle taking one's time, simple past took one's time, past participle taken one's time)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "take time"
},
{
"word": "take someone's time"
},
{
"word": "in one's own time"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Take your time — there's no need to rush.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1951 July, “Notes and News: Recalling 160 Years”, in Railway Magazine, page 492:",
"text": "Working with pick, shovel, and wheelbarrow, he took his time over the job, for it was not until May 17, 1816, that it was opened for traffic.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace."
],
"links": [
[
"slowly",
"slowly"
],
[
"carefully",
"carefully"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To go about something slowly and carefully or at one's own pace."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English idioms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "You sure took your time getting here!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable."
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic",
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-take one's time.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/En-au-take_one%27s_time.ogg/En-au-take_one%27s_time.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-au-take_one%27s_time.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "dawdle"
},
{
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "take too long"
},
{
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "tarry"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendre el seu temps"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "不着急"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "慢慢来"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "de tijd nemen"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "mitte kiirustama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "verb can be replaced with another",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "tehdä rauhassa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendre son temps"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "langsam angehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "sich Zeit lassen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "with its infinitive form depending on the person[s], see its conjugation",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "nem kell kapkodnia"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "ráérünk"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "glac am"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "tóg am"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "con comodo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "prendersela comoda"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "nie śpieszyć się"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "go about something slowly and carefully",
"word": "gabh ùine"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "mitte kiirustama"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "kestää (+ subject in adessive)",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "prendre son temps"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "nem kapkodja el"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "prendersela comoda"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "marudzić"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "take more time to do something than is considered acceptable",
"word": "gabh ùine"
}
],
"word": "take one's time"
}
Download raw JSONL data for take one's time meaning in English (6.1kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (95d2be1 and 64224ec). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.