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View definitions for take place

take place

verb as in be

verb as in come

verb as in come about

verb as in come off

verb as in come on

verb as in eventuate

verb as in fall

Strongest matches

Strong matches

verb as in fall out

verb as in go off

verb as in hap

verb as in intervene

verb as in transpire

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Example Sentences

“Business decision meetings don't take place in boardroom, they take place in the bar after,” Sismondo says DeCrow argued.

Kurnosova badly wants the change to take place democratically.

“If a house is accused of problems such as sexual assault, then I believe that actions should take place on that house,” he says.

Other cabinet minister scandals have been reported in the media, and investigations may take place.

In fact, evidence shows that there are many routes to recovery, and most of them take place outside those realms.

Various substances are always precipitated during decomposition, which may take place either within or without the body.

The sexual cycle can take place only within the body of one genus of mosquito, anopheles.

For each one of us had seen that one-minded pilgrimage of the brown cattle take place in moons gone by.

These changes take place slowly at first, and more rapidly as the organs fitted for the elaboration of its food are developed.

My examination did not take place until July 6th, after nearly all other witnesses had been heard.

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On this page you'll find 460 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to take place, such as: appear, enter, land, reach, report, and show up.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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