take the meaning in English

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

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

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "take"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "the"
      },
      "expansion": "the",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "meaning"
      },
      "expansion": "meaning",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "take + the + meaning",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
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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",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To interpret someone's argument."
      ],
      "id": "en-take_the_meaning-en-verb-1L0R83VH",
      "links": [
        [
          "interpret",
          "interpret"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "point taken"
        },
        {
          "word": "get the point"
        },
        {
          "word": "the point"
        },
        {
          "word": "take the point"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get the meaning"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "take the meaning"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "take"
      },
      "expansion": "take",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "the"
      },
      "expansion": "the",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "meaning"
      },
      "expansion": "meaning",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "take + the + meaning",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "takes the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taking the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "took the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taken the meaning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "take<,,took,taken> the meaning"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "point taken"
    },
    {
      "word": "get the point"
    },
    {
      "word": "the point"
    },
    {
      "word": "take the point"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To interpret someone's argument."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "interpret",
          "interpret"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "get the meaning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "take the meaning"
}

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"take the meaning" meaning in English

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