"take place" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-us-take place.ogg [US] Forms: takes place [present, singular, third-person], taking place [participle, present], took place [past], taken place [participle, past]
Etymology: A verb phrase, with place functioning as the direct object of the transitive verb take. Etymology templates: {{m|en|place}} place, {{m|en|take}} take Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> place}} take place (third-person singular simple present takes place, present participle taking place, simple past took place, past participle taken place)
  1. (intransitive) To happen or to occur. Tags: intransitive Synonyms (to happen): come to pass Translations (to happen): τυγχάνω (tunkhánō) (Ancient Greek), συμφέρω (sumphérō) (Ancient Greek), حَدَثَ (ḥadaṯa) (Arabic), جَرَى (jarā) (Arabic), տեղի ունենալ (teġi unenal) (Armenian), baş vermək (Azerbaijani), булыу (bulıw) (Bashkir), адбыва́цца (adbyvácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адбы́цца (adbýcca) [perfective] (Belarusian), здара́цца (zdarácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), зда́рыцца (zdárycca) [perfective] (Belarusian), ставам (stavam) (Bulgarian), състоя се (sǎstoja se) (Bulgarian), tenir lloc (Catalan), ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ (nigalisdiha) (Cherokee), 發生 (Chinese Mandarin), 发生 (fāshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), konat se (Czech), plaats hebben (Dutch), gebeuren (Dutch), plaatsvinden (Dutch), okazi (Esperanto), havi lokon (Esperanto), toimuma (Estonian), tapahtua (Finnish), järjestää (Finnish), käydä (Finnish), avoir lieu (French), se dérouler (French), ter lugar (Galician), stattfinden (German), συμβαίνω (symvaíno) (Greek), γίνομαι (gínomai) (Greek), λαμβάνω χώρα (lamváno chóra) (Greek), sor kerül rá (Hungarian), avere luogo (Italian), 行われる (okonawareru) (alt: おこなわれる) (Japanese), 起こる (okoru) (alt: おこる) (Japanese), 발생하다 (balsaenghada) (Korean), 일어나다 (ireonada) (Korean), afitar [Latin] (Ladino), subeo [Latin] (Ladino), fiō (Latin), accidō (Latin), finne sted (Norwegian), skje (Norwegian), hende (Norwegian), aver luòc (Occitan), mieć miejsce (Polish), odbywać się [imperfective] (Polish), odbyć się [perfective] (Polish), acontecer (Portuguese), ocorrer (Portuguese), haver (Portuguese), случа́ться (slučátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), случи́ться (slučítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), состоя́ться (sostojátʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), gabh àite (Scottish Gaelic), tachair (Scottish Gaelic), tener lugar (Spanish), acaecer (Spanish), acontecer (Spanish), ocurrir (Spanish), jiri (Swahili), äga rum (Swedish), gerçekleşmek (Turkish), meydana gelmek (Turkish), відбува́тися (vidbuvátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відбу́тися (vidbútysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), става́тися (stavátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), ста́тися (státysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), ма́ти мі́сце (máty mísce) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), xảy ra (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-take_place-en-verb-tvUrHjgd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 9 9 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 10 9 28 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 49 10 11 29 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 53 9 10 28 Disambiguation of 'to happen': 89 0 7 4 Disambiguation of 'to happen': 89 0 7 4
  2. (obsolete) To take precedence or priority. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-take_place-en-verb-3lx9r0ao
  3. (obsolete) To take effect; to prevail. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-take_place-en-verb-KMsklAcb
  4. (obsolete) To sit in a particular location, take one's place. Tags: obsolete Related terms: take one's place, take someone's place
    Sense id: en-take_place-en-verb-MABuhDW6

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The wedding was to take place in the rose garden.",
          "type": "example"
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          "ref": "1787, Ottobah Cugoano, Thoughts and Sentiments on the Evil and Wicked Traffic of the Slavery, London, page 96",
          "text": "[…] when sold and delivered up to their inhuman purchasers, a more heart-piercing scene cannot well take place.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 October 6, “Network News: Plaque at Oxenholme celebrates line's 175th anniversary”, in RAIL, number 941, page 22",
          "text": "Part-funded through Avanti West Coast's Station Community Project Fund, events are taking place between April 2021 and April 2022 to coincide with key milestones in the lines' history.",
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        "(intransitive) To happen or to occur."
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          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
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          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
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          "sense": "to happen",
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "جَرَى"
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          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "teġi unenal",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "տեղի ունենալ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "baş vermək"
        },
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          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "bulıw",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "булыу"
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          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "adbyvácca",
          "sense": "to happen",
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          "roman": "adbýcca",
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          "roman": "zdarácca",
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          "word": "здара́цца"
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        {
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          "code": "be",
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          "roman": "zdárycca",
          "sense": "to happen",
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        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "stavam",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "ставам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎstoja se",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "състоя се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "tenir lloc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "nigalisdiha",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "發生"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fāshēng",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "发生"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "konat se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "plaats hebben"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "gebeuren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "plaatsvinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "okazi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "havi lokon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "toimuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "tapahtua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "järjestää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "käydä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "avoir lieu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "se dérouler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "ter lugar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "stattfinden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symvaíno",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "συμβαίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gínomai",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "γίνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "lamváno chóra",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "λαμβάνω χώρα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "tunkhánō",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "τυγχάνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sumphérō",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "συμφέρω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "sor kerül rá"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "avere luogo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "alt": "おこなわれる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "okonawareru",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "行われる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "alt": "おこる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "okoru",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "起こる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balsaenghada",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "발생하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ireonada",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "일어나다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "Latin"
          ],
          "word": "afitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Ladino",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "Latin"
          ],
          "word": "subeo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "fiō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "accidō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "finne sted"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "skje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "hende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "aver luòc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "mieć miejsce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "odbywać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "odbyć się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "acontecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "ocorrer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "haver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slučátʹsja",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "случа́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slučítʹsja",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "случи́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sostojátʹsja",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "состоя́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "gabh àite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "tachair"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "tener lugar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "acaecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "acontecer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "ocurrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "jiri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "äga rum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "gerçekleşmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "meydana gelmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidbuvátysja",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "відбува́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vidbútysja",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "відбу́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "stavátysja",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "става́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "státysja",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ста́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "máty mísce",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ма́ти мі́сце"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 0 7 4",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to happen",
          "word": "xảy ra"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To take precedence or priority."
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "ставам"
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      "roman": "sǎstoja se",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "tenir lloc"
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      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "nigalisdiha",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏗᎭ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "發生"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāshēng",
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      "word": "plaats hebben"
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      "sense": "to happen",
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "havi lokon"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to happen",
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    {
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "järjestää"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "käydä"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "avoir lieu"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "se dérouler"
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "ter lugar"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "stattfinden"
    },
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "symvaíno",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "συμβαίνω"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gínomai",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "γίνομαι"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "συμφέρω"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "sor kerül rá"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "avere luogo"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "balsaenghada",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "발생하다"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "ireonada",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "일어나다"
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      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "fiō"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to happen",
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      "word": "finne sted"
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "skje"
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    {
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      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "hende"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "aver luòc"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "mieć miejsce"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "odbywać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odbyć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "acontecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "ocorrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "haver"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "slučátʹsja",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "случа́ться"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "случи́ться"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sostojátʹsja",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "состоя́ться"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "gabh àite"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "tachair"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "tener lugar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "acaecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "acontecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "ocurrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "jiri"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "äga rum"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "gerçekleşmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "meydana gelmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidbuvátysja",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "відбува́тися"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vidbútysja",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "відбу́тися"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "stavátysja",
      "sense": "to happen",
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      "word": "става́тися"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "státysja",
      "sense": "to happen",
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "ста́тися"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "máty mísce",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "ма́ти мі́сце"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to happen",
      "word": "xảy ra"
    }
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}

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