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take shape

take shape verb: to take a definite form.

Verb

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

  1. (figuratively, intransitive, often) To take a definite form.
    • After two hours of discussion, our plans began to take shape.
    • Yet it was all interesting and the process of being partly responsible for stripping down a locomotive and seeing it take shape again was quite a thrill.1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285

take shape meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

take shape in Tamil

to take shape, assume a form
உரு uru

take shape in Malayalam

to take shape, to take form, to emerge
ഉടലെടുക്കുക uṭaleṭukkuka

Synonyms of take shape

Forms of take shape

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

Questions about take shape

What does take shape mean?
Take shape means to take a definite form.
What is take shape in Tamil?
Take shape in Tamil is உரு (uru). See Take shape meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is take shape?
Take shape is a verb.
What is the past tense of take shape?
The past tense of take shape is took shape.

Words near take shape in the dictionary

  1. take roll
  2. take root
  3. take serious
  4. take seriously
  5. take several seats
  6. take shape
  7. take ship
  8. take shipping
  9. take sick
  10. take sides
  11. take sign

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: take shape (page history and authors); உரு (Tamil) (page history and authors); ഉടലെടുക്കുക (Malayalam) (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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