take place

Questions about take place

What is another word for take place?

It depends which take place you mean. In the sense “come to pass”, the synonyms are happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about. Across all 1 sense there are 8 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of take place?

WordNet records no antonym for take place. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for take place come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of take place

• Full entry for take placeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for take placeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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