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TAKE OVER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take up, as of debts or payments
Example:
absorb the costs for something
Synonyms:
absorb; take over
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
fund (furnish money for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Take over ownership of; of corporations and companies
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
buy; purchase (obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
takeover (a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession
Example:
She seized control of the throne after her husband died
Synonyms:
arrogate; assume; seize; take over; usurp
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
take (take by force)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take over"):
annex (take (territory) as if by conquest)
appropriate; capture; conquer; seize (take possession of by force, as after an invasion)
preoccupy (occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance)
hijack (seize control of)
raid (take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
takeover (a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person
Example:
She agreed to bear the responsibility
Synonyms:
accept; assume; bear; take over
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take over"):
carry the can; face the music (accept the unpleasant consequences of one's actions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
Meaning:
Take up and practice as one's own
Synonyms:
adopt; borrow; take over; take up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
accept; have; take (receive willingly something given or offered)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Sense 6
Meaning:
Take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities
Example:
When will the new President assume office?
Synonyms:
adopt; assume; take on; take over
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
take office (assume an office, duty, or title)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take over"):
resume (assume anew)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
Synonyms:
relieve; take over
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take over"):
spell (relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 8
Meaning:
Do over
Example:
They would like to take it over again
Synonyms:
repeat; take over
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take over" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
