takes place meaning

Definition of takes place in English Dictionary

VerbBFtake placePRtaking placePTtook placePPtaken placeSUF-ace
1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of take place.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - In general, those life events taking place early off-time have greater negative impact than those taking place late off-time.
  - The wedding of our three companies took place last week.
  - In this case, which took place in 2005, a content management system has been implemented, which curators of the ephorate enriched wirelessly via an application implemented for a Pocket PC device.
2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
  - Romney had already taken leave from Bain Capital by the time the American Pad & Paper layoffs took place.
  - When you generously, open-heartedly bless someone who has hurt or harmed you, incredible divine alchemy takes place.
  - A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Verbs
  - Verb forms
    - Verb singular forms
      - Third-person singular forms

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