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taking form

taking form is the present participle and gerund of take form.

Meaning of take form

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To take shape

Questions about taking form

What is taking form the present participle and gerund of?
Taking form is the present participle and gerund of take form.

Words near taking form in the dictionary

  1. taking for a drive
  2. taking for a ride
  3. taking for a spin
  4. taking for granite
  5. taking for granted
  6. taking form
  7. taking French leave
  8. taking fright
  9. taking from behind
  10. taking gas
  11. taking great pains

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taking form (page history and authors); take form (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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