"take the floor" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: takes the floor [present, singular, third-person], taking the floor [participle, present], took the floor [past], taken the floor [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> the floor}} take the floor (third-person singular simple present takes the floor, present participle taking the floor, simple past took the floor, past participle taken the floor)
  1. (intransitive) To speak at a public meeting. Tags: intransitive Related terms: have the floor, give the floor Translations (Translations): het woord nemen (Dutch), pitää puheenvuoro (Finnish), ottaa puheenvuoro (Finnish), prendre la parole (French), das Wort ergreifen (German), prendere parola (Italian), zabierać głos [imperfective] (Polish), zabrać głos [perfective] (Polish), lua cuvântul (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-take_the_floor-en-verb-PHNZwDD- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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