Word.ws English Dictionary

takes heed

takes heed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take heed.

Meaning of take heed

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.

Questions about takes heed

What is takes heed the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Takes heed is the third-person singular simple present indicative of take heed.

Words near takes heed in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: takes heed (page history and authors); take heed (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “takes heed.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/takes_heed. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.