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Definition of Take place
1. Verb. Come to pass. "Nothing occurred that seemed important"
Specialized synonyms: Break, Develop, Recrudesce, Arise, Come Up, Result, Intervene, Transpire, Give, Operate, Supervene, Go, Proceed, Come, Fall, Anticipate, Develop, Recur, Repeat, Come Off, Go Off, Go Over, Come Around, Roll Around, Happen, Materialise, Materialize, Bechance, Befall, Happen, Bechance, Befall, Betide, Coincide, Concur, Backfire, Backlash, Recoil, Chance, Break, Fall, Shine, Strike, Turn Out, Contemporise, Contemporize, Synchronise, Synchronize
Derivative terms: Hap, Happening
Definition of Take place
1. Verb. (intransitive) To happen, to occur. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Place
Literary usage of Take place
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... -that the electrification of such a droplet tends to neutralize the effect of
the surface tension, so that condensation can take place on a water ..."
2. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... contain particulars as to names, marital status, occupation, residence, length
of residence, and the building in which the marriage is to take place. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Wiener 6'^ji., 2a April, 1874. have to compare the results of our sluggish
electrical experiments with the alternations of light, which take place billions ..."
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