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take effect

take effect verb: to become active; to become effective.

Verb

take effect (third-person singular simple present takes effect, present participle taking effect, simple past took effect, past participle taken effect)

  1. (informal, usually) To become active; to become effective.
    • The medication won't begin to take effect for 3-4 hours.
    Synonyms:
    kick in
  2. (informal, usually) To come into force, to come into effect, to inure.
    • The new regulations will take effect once they are approved by the Office of Administrative Law.

take effect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam

take effect in Hindi

to take effect, seize, have influence over
चढ़ना caṛhnā

take effect in Tamil

செல்திறம் கொள்

take effect in Telugu

to take effect
నడచు naḍacu

take effect in Malayalam

come into force, come into operation, begin
പ്രാവർത്തികമായിത്തീരുക, പ്രാവർത്തികമാകുക, നിലവിൽവരുക, പ്രാബല്യത്തിലാവുക, ഫലിച്ചുതുടങ്ങുക, പ്രബലപ്പെടുക
be effective, work, act
ഫലിക്കുക, പ്രവർത്തിക്കുക, ഫലപ്രദമാകുക, ഫലവത്താകുക, എറിക്കുക, ഫലം നല്കുക
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take effect in Kannada
ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸು, ಮೊದಲು ಮಾಡು, ಅನ್ವಯಿಸು
take effect in Sanskrit
घट् ghaṭ

Synonyms of take effect

Forms of take effect

third-person singular presenttakes effect
present participletaking effect
pasttook effect
past participletaken effect

Questions about take effect

What does take effect mean?
Take effect means to become active; to become effective.
What is take effect in Hindi?
Take effect in Hindi is चढ़ना (caṛhnā). See Take effect meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is take effect?
Take effect is a verb.
What is the past tense of take effect?
The past tense of take effect is took effect.

Words near take effect in the dictionary

  1. take delivery
  2. take down
  3. take down a notch
  4. take down a peg
  5. take easy
  6. take effect
  7. take exception
  8. take fire
  9. take five
  10. take flight
  11. take for

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take effect (page history and authors); चढ़ना (Hindi) (page history and authors); take effect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); నడచు (Telugu) (page history and authors); take effect (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); take effect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); घट् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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