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I definitely take after my dad, looks-wise. But my mum is my greatest inspiration. All the women in my family are amazing. They're hilarious. I love funny people.
Shari Sebbens

Meaning of "take after" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE AFTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAKE AFTER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Take after is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES TAKE AFTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of take after in the English dictionary

The definition of take after in the dictionary is to resemble in appearance, character, behaviour, etc. Other definition of take after is to follow as an example.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE AFTER

take a bow
take a dim view of
take a leaf out of someone´s book
take a person to the cleaners
take a powder
take a punt at
take a rain check
take a risk
take a running jump
take a whizz
take aback
take account of
take advantage of
take against
take amiss
take an oath
take apart
take arms
take at one´s word
take away

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE AFTER

after
and they all lived happily ever after
ask after
crafter
drafter
fore-and-after
hereafter
hereinafter
lofter
look after
looked-after
make after
point after
rafter
run after
shafter
sought-after
the hereafter
the morning after
thereafter
whereafter

Synonyms and antonyms of take after in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «take after» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE AFTER

Find out the translation of take after to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take after from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «take after» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

长得像
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

parecerse
570 millions of speakers

English

take after
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाद ले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَحْذُو حَذْوَه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

быть похожим
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parecer-se com
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরে নিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ressembler à
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mengambil selepas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ähneln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

・・・に似る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

닮다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

njupuk sawise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giống
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிறகு எடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नंतर घेणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sonra al
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assomigliare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

być podobnym do (kogoś)
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бути схожим на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a semăna cu cineva
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παίρνω παράδειγμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem na
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta efter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta etter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take after

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE AFTER»

The term «take after» is regularly used and occupies the 83.522 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE AFTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about take after

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7 QUOTES WITH «TAKE AFTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take after.
1
John Astin
Sometimes it was tough doing take after take upside down! I did a lot of that sort of thing.
2
Nick Jonas
I've always been quite driven. I take after my father.
3
Michael Mina
I take after my mother more than my father in terms of personality. My mother's a worrier, and I'm a worrier. Both were very good with numbers and mathematics, so I kind of got that from both of them.
4
Jay Roach
Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene.
5
David O. Russell
When I write an email where I outlined a whole scene, it just came out of my unconscious, it comes from a deeper place. The same thing happens when the actors go, take after take, and just get lost in it. When you're in a house, you don't think about being in the house; you're just there.
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Shari Sebbens
I definitely take after my dad, looks-wise. But my mum is my greatest inspiration. All the women in my family are amazing. They're hilarious. I love funny people.
7
Evelyn Waugh
Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE AFTER»

Discover the use of take after in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take after and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Parent Savvy: Straight Answers to Your Family's Financial, ...
Can i? yes, because it is medically necessary. however, any days you take off from work during your pregnancy will count against the FmlA leave you can take after your baby is born. For example, if you take one day off a week for five weeks  ...
Nihara Choudhri, 2005
2
Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
Some offspring take after their parents and some do not; some take after their father, some after their mother, both with respect to the whole body and with respect to each part, and they take after their parents more than their earlier ancestors, ...
Brad Inwood, 2010
3
Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English ...
... because the adjective involved in them is so modified. [(19) Different adjectives take after them different prepositions with a modifying noun, and the same adjective always takes the same preposition, or the same set of prepositions after it.
John Mulligan, 1852
4
A First Course in Mathematical Modeling
That is, After spin 1, take? After spin 2, take? After spin 3, take anything. If your goal is to maximize profit over the 100 games, what should you do? If you do want to make a profit, what is the maximum amount you should pay to play? To solve ...
Frank Giordano, William P. Fox, Steven Horton, 2013
5
Guardian II Ten Years After
You will take everyone you wish to take. After the Alderans have been destroyed, my fleet will take possession of the planet. After that no ships will be allowed to leave the planet. It is the cost of all the drones and ships I will lose. You may take  ...
Darrell M. Bell, 2008
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Forms and Precedents of Pleadings and Proceedings in the ...
... 462 Attorney-General, to take bill against, motion paper, 421 affidavit in support , 422 cepi corpus, return of, notice of, motion to take, after, 375 contempt, process of, after decree, notice of motion for leave to issue, 471 corporation agfrregate, ...
Leonard Field, Edward Clennell Dunn, John Biddle, 1868
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A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic: Moroccan-English
Would you like for us to take a little walk? u*i.5 bgiti ntsaraai Swiya? to take after - fmel bhal. He takes after his father, ka-yefmel bhal bbah. to take back - reSeef. When are you going to take his car back to him? fuq-aS gad treSSgf-lu s-siyara ...
Richard Slade Harrell, Harvey Sobelman, Thomas Fox, 2004
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An explanation of the accidence and grammar to the end of ...
Q What Cafe does the Verb potior take after it ? A. Either a Genitive or an Ablative ; as, Potiri ar- morum. Potiri anna. 4^ Of what is such Genitive governed ? A. Of an Ablative understood ; such as, pojsejfiont, imptria, prasdd, or /polio, ...
Thomas Martin, 1753
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
'If he had to have her around, he should have taken a strong line with her from the first. take after sb i ngjaj □ Helen: You're not fond of work, are you? Jo: No, I take after you. O Your daughter does not take after you in any way. □ The son ...
Ilo Stefanllari, 2000
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Voice and Vision: A Creative Approach to Narrative Film and ...
... from a particular camera angle are completed, the camera and lighting move to the next angle and setup begins again. This system is repeated, take after take, setup after setup, scene after scene, day after day, until you«ve got your movie ...
Mick Hurbis-Cherrier, 2007

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE AFTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term take after is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ken Shamrock: 3 Fights to Take After Bellator 138 KO Loss to Kimbo …
The Bellator 138 main event saw the 51-year-old Shamrock come just a hair shy of finishing the fight with an early rear-naked choke. Remarkably, Slice survived ... «Bleacher Report, Jun 15»
2
3 Steps Brian Williams and NBC Should Take After Iraq Lies
Brian Williams and his network need to take these three steps to regain the ... after revelations that he has repeatedly exaggerated his experiences aboard a ... «U.S. News & World Report, Feb 15»
3
Russia to take after Noah and build an ark
It will take a collective effort from all of the university's departments and will promote participation from the university's students too. If the project's goals are ... «Mother Nature Network, Dec 14»
4
4 key steps to take after an auto accident
For someone who is involved in an accident, the Insurance Information Institute recommends taking the following steps. Click through the slideshow for a ... «PropertyCasualty360, Nov 14»
5
The No. 1 Action You Must Take After Divorce
Immediately following your divorce, there is one key action you must take in order to set yourself for "life after divorce" success. But it's not what you might think. «Huffington Post, Nov 14»
6
7 Steps to Take After a Fender Bender
Breidbart refused. Eventually, the men exchanged insurance information, and after waiting 45 minutes for the police, they gave up and went their separate ways. «U.S. News & World Report, Dec 13»
7
What's a good vitamin to take after radiation treatment?
I have breast cancer and have been through surgery (lumpectomy). Most recently, I have had radiation. Now that it's over, I am wondering if I should take a ... «CNN, Dec 09»

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