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take heed

take heed verb: to pay attention.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To pay attention.
    • The king spoke and the lords took heed.
    • But since I love some of you, I urge you again to take heed of my warning.

take heed meaning in Bengali

take heed in Bengali

মনোযোগ দেওয়া

Examples of take heed in a sentence

  • [I] sayd, I will take heede to my waies, that I ſinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 39:1:
  • Take heed vnto thy ſelfe, and vnto the doctrine: continue in them: for in doing this, thou ſhalt both ſaue thy ſelfe, and them that heare thee.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Timothy 4:16:
  • Any incoming chair of the GBR board should take heed of Reid's experience.2026 August 19, Richard Wilcock, “Structure and power in the times of GBR”, in RAIL, number 1068, page 21:

Synonyms of take heed

Forms of take heed

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

Questions about take heed

What does take heed mean?
Take heed means to pay attention.
What is take heed in Bengali?
Take heed in Bengali is মনোযোগ দেওয়া. See Take heed meaning in Bengali.
How do you use take heed in a sentence?
[I] sayd, I will take heede to my waies, that I ſinne not with my tongue: I will keepe my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
What part of speech is take heed?
Take heed is a verb.
What is the past tense of take heed?
The past tense of take heed is took heed.

Words near take heed in the dictionary

  1. take from behind
  2. take gas
  3. take great pains
  4. take guard
  5. take heart
  6. take heed
  7. take hold
  8. take holy orders
  9. take home
  10. take horse
  11. take hostage

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