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Antonyms for take place


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pleys
Phonetic Transcription : pleɪs



Definition of take place

Origin :
  • c.1200, "space, dimensional extent, room, area," from Old French place "place, spot" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin placea "place, spot," from Latin platea "courtyard, open space; broad way, avenue," from Greek plateia (hodos) "broad (way)," fem. of platys "broad" (see plaice).
  • Replaced Old English stow and stede. From mid-13c. as "particular part of space, extent, definite location, spot, site;" from early 14c. as "position or place occupied by custom, etc.; position on some social scale;" from late 14c. as "inhabited place, town, country," also "place on the surface of something, portion of something, part," also, "office, post." Meaning "group of houses in a town" is from 1580s.
  • Also from the same Latin source are Italian piazza, Catalan plassa, Spanish plaza, Middle Dutch plaetse, Dutch plaats, German Platz, Danish plads, Norwegian plass. Wide application in English covers meanings that in French require three words: place, lieu, and endroit. Cognate Italian piazza and Spanish plaza retain more of the etymological sense.
  • To take place "happen" is from mid-15c. To know (one's) place is from c.1600; hence figurative expression put (someone) in his or her place (1855). Place of worship attested from 1689, originally in official papers and in reference to assemblies of dissenters from the Church of England. All over the place "in disorder" is attested from 1923.
  • As in intervene : verb happen
  • As in arrive : verb come to a destination
  • As in materialize : verb come into being
  • As in occur : verb take place, happen
  • As in pass : verb go by, elapse; move onward
  • As in sit : verb rest on one's behind
  • As in be : verb happen
  • As in transpire : verb occur, happen
  • As in hap : verb come
  • As in come : verb happen
  • As in come about : verb happen
  • As in come off : verb transpire
  • As in come on : verb appear, enter
  • As in eventuate : verb be a consequence
  • As in fall : verb happen
  • As in fall out : verb come to pass
  • As in go off : verb explode
  • As in go on : verb continue
  • As in happen : verb come to pass; occur
Example sentences :
  • He is the son of a clever doctor, and the marriage will take place in four days.
  • Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
  • I will go, I will make to take place all that is in thy heart.
  • Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
  • Was the wonderful event about to take place, the prodigy she awaited?
  • Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
  • The thing goes on then; and what day is the marriage to take place?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • For my part, as a third person, I am persuaded the marriage did take place.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • That affair of Henry's that I told you of, is to take place.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • I believe that the reading did not take place, or at least not entirely, at the Master's house.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The signing did not take place for several weeks after its adoption.
  • Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle
  • That is a mystery; but it may be supposed to take place by successive stages.
  • Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet
  • Action on this treaty is expected to take place in about ten years.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various

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