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I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.
Sayed Badreya

Meaning of "take for" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE FOR

take for play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TAKE FOR

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

WHAT DOES TAKE FOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of take for in the English dictionary

The definition of take for in the dictionary is to consider or suppose to be, esp mistakenly.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE FOR

take care
take care of
take chances
take cognizance of
take cover
take down
take effect
take exception
take five
take flight
take for a ride
take for granted
take fright
take guard
take heart
take holy orders
take in
take in good part
take in hand
take into consideration

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE FOR

as for
ask for
be all for
be in the market for
but for
done for
except for
go for
have no time for
have no use for
in line for
make for
nick someone for
none the worse for
settle for
so much for
stand up for
to die for
up for
whistle for

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «take for» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE FOR

Find out the translation of take for to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of take for 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 for» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

承担
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomar para
570 millions of speakers

English

take for
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

के लिए ले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتخذ ل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принять для
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomar para
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জন্য নিতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre pour
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

ambil untuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nehmen für
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のために取る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 대해 수행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk kanggo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đưa cho
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடுத்துக்கொள்ளுங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साठी घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

için almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere per
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podjąć dla
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прийняти для
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ia pentru
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

να λάβει για
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neem vir
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta för
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta for
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take for

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE FOR»

The term «take for» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.483 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE FOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «take for» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «take for» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «TAKE FOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take for.
1
Sean Astin
I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me.
2
Sayed Badreya
I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things I take for granted.
3
J. G. Ballard
I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping with reality, just as actors need to act all the time to make up for some deficiency in their sense of themselves.
4
Mamata Banerjee
Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do.
5
Jose Manuel Barroso
Let us not forget that the European Community started as a project for peace after the terrible Second World War. And today people take for granted the freedom to travel, to study, to work abroad. And the citizens of one country have almost exactly the same rights as another country.
6
Danny Brown
You can't predict the number of years it will take for someone to find themselves, to mature into their own voice. When I got to be 30, I was finally writing like Danny Brown.
7
Ginny Brown-Waite
As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights that we take for granted every day.
8
Sam Brownback
Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.
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Quentin Bryce
The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our country's dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much a part of Australia's art, writing, music and culture, both indigenous and non indigenous.
10
Richard Chizmar
To be publishing Stephen King, to be a friend to Stephen, when he is absolutely what got me into this business, is a really neat thing and something I don't take for granted.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE FOR»

Discover the use of take for in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take for and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Inconspicuous Consumption: An Obsessive Look at the Stuff We ...
Collects the author's commentary on such products as breakfast cereal, potato chips, beer, sauerkraut, crayons, and Lifesaver candies
Paul Lukas, 1997
2
What Will It Take for a Woman to Open Her Eyes
Chapter 5: What Is It Going to Take for Parents to Open Their Eyes? Monica is a mother of four children, but she doesn't communicate with her children. The only words Monica uses on a daily basis are "No, you can't have that toy" and "Yes, ...
Vernet McClary, 2006
3
Take for Pain As Needed
Lisa Vicious. Mr. (S) Ain't There in the unconsciousness of your flesh, under the cigarette burn scars, under the ink, under the grease from your monkey days in the garage or behind the grill, beats a heart... it is only seen by the actions you do  ...
Lisa Vicious, 2009
4
Z for Zachariah
Believing herself to be the only survivor of a nuclear war, Ann Burden greets a wandering stranger with excitement and suspicion. An ALA Notable Book & ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.
Robert C. O'Brien, 2007
5
New Challenges for Documentary
With these images of tough, satisfying, useful work, Michelle Citron begins her new film What You Take for Granted. The images may be cliches, the stuff of TV beer commercials, but the idea of hard work and Miller Time camaraderie and ...
Alan Rosenthal, 1988
6
Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity
The decomposition of SO2Cl2 is a first-order reaction: SO2Cl2(g) 0 SO2(g) Cl2(g) The rate constant for the reaction is 2.8 103 min at 600 K. If the initial concentration of SO2Cl2 is 1.24 103 mol/L, how long will it take for the concentration to ...
John Kotz, Paul Treichel, John Townsend, 2008
7
On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft
Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have.
Stephen King, 2000
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A History of Agriculture and Prices in England: From the ...
No man shall take for casting or setting of any ditch, having the quick wood ready laid beside him, which ditch is no more than one yard and three-quarters of a yard broad, and an ell deep, above iiid. for every rod, and when the ditch is bigger ...
James E. Thorold Rogers, 2011
9
The History of the Town of Gravesend in the County of Kent ...
Item, that no wherryman with two ores take for his fare frome London to Wolwiche , to or fro, aboue xiid. “ Item, that none of the occupiers of anye of the common tyde botes afore rehersed, shall take of any person, that shall come aborde of any  ...
Robert Peirce Cruden, 1843
10
A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
To take my 103 Take for granted . 167 ic lias) tacked 41 To take no 104 Take for him lti8 lej have) tacked 4'.' To take ho notice of — 105 Take for them 169 icking 43 To take notice 106 Take from — 170 ler) tacking keep your To take notice that  ...
John Macdonald, 1817

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