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take office

take office verb: to start working at an official appointment to some office.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To start working at an official appointment to some office.

take office meaning in Vietnamese

take office in Vietnamese

start working
nhậm chức

Forms of take office

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

Questions about take office

What does take office mean?
Take office means to start working at an official appointment to some office.
What is take office in Vietnamese?
Take office in Vietnamese is nhậm chức. See Take office meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is take office?
Take office is a verb.
What is the past tense of take office?
The past tense of take office is took office.

Words near take office in the dictionary

  1. take off
  2. take off one's chest
  3. take off one's gloves
  4. take offence
  5. take offense
  6. take office
  7. take offs
  8. take on
  9. take on board
  10. take on faith
  11. take on strength

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