take to be

1. 1.

   look on as or consider

   “she looked on this affair as a joke”

   “He thinks of himself as a brilliant musician”

   “He is reputed to be intelligent”

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   Broaderthink

Questions about take to be

What does take to be mean?

take to be means "look on as or consider".

What is another word for take to be?

Close synonyms include think of, repute, know as, be known as, regard as. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is take to be a common word?

take to be is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.