take+place

  • 1take place — {v. phr.} To happen; occur. * /The accident took place only a block from his home./ * /The action of the play takes place in ancient Rome./ * /The dance will take place after the graduation exercises./ Compare: GO ON(3) …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 2take place — {v. phr.} To happen; occur. * /The accident took place only a block from his home./ * /The action of the play takes place in ancient Rome./ * /The dance will take place after the graduation exercises./ Compare: GO ON(3) …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 3take place — ► to happen: »The handover to the new owners will take place in July. »The historic meeting took place in New York. Main Entry: ↑place …

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  • 4take place — index arise (occur), occur (happen), supervene Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 5To take place — Place Place (pl[=a]s), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.] 1. Any portion of space …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6take place — phrasal happen, occur …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7take place — verb To happen, to occur …

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  • 8take place — See happen …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 9take place — Synonyms and related words: be found, be met with, be realized, befall, betide, come, come about, come down, come off, come to pass, come true, eventuate, fall, go off, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, transpire| …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10The Gulf War Did Not Take Place — a book by Jean Baudrillard, is a collection of three essays published in Libération and the Guardian between January and March 1991. Contrary to the provocative title, the author does believe that the events and violence of the Gulf War actually …

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