take the place of
take the place of verb: to supersede; to come to be used instead of someone or something.
Verb
take the place of (third-person singular simple present takes the place of, present participle taking the place of, simple past took the place of, past participle taken the place of)
- To supersede; to come to be used instead of someone or something.
- Computers have taken the place of paper for many everyday office tasks.
take the place of meaning in Malayalam and Kannada
take the place of in Malayalam
- stand in for, replace, substitute for
- പകരക്കാരനാകുക, മറ്റൊരാളിനു പകരം സ്ഥാനം വഹിക്കുക, ബദലായിരിക്കുക, മാറാടുക, മറ്റൊരാളി സ്ഥാനം എടുക്കുക, പ്രതിനിധീകരിക്കുക
take the place of in Kannada
- ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿರು, ಬದಲಿಯಾಗಿರು
Forms of take the place of
| third-person singular present | takes the place of |
|---|---|
| present participle | taking the place of |
| past | took the place of |
| past participle | taken the place of |
Questions about take the place of
- What does take the place of mean?
- Take the place of means to supersede; to come to be used instead of someone or something.
- What is take the place of in Malayalam?
- Take the place of in Malayalam is പകരക്കാരനാകുക, മറ്റൊരാളിനു പകരം സ്ഥാനം വഹിക്കുക, ബദലായിരിക്കുക. See Take the place of meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is take the place of?
- Take the place of is a verb.
- What is the past tense of take the place of?
- The past tense of take the place of is took the place of.
Words near take the place of in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: take the place of (page history and authors); take the place of (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); take the place of (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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