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I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.
Crispin Glover

Meaning of "take shape" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TAKE SHAPE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TAKE SHAPE

take over
take part in
take place
take sides
take silk
take some beating
take someone at his word
take someone out of himself
take someone prisoner
take someone´s name in vain
take someone´s part
take someone´s word for it
take something amiss
take something as read
take something in one´s stride
take something upon oneself
take steps
take stock
take stock in
take strike

WORDS THAT END LIKE TAKE SHAPE

ape
cape
chape
escape
grape
landscape
lick into shape
misshape
out of shape
pape
preshape
rape
reshape
scrape
shape
shipshape
tape
transshape
unshape
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Synonyms and antonyms of take shape in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «TAKE SHAPE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «take shape» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of take shape

Translation of «take shape» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TAKE SHAPE

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

Translator English - Chinese

初具规模
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tomar forma
570 millions of speakers

English

take shape
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आकार लेना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التبلور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

складываться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tomar forma
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গঠিত হত্তয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prendre forme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mengambil bentuk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nehmen Gestalt an
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

形になる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

모양 을
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njupuk wangun
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hình thành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருவப்படுத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आकार घ्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şekil almak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prendere forma
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nabierać kształtu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

складатися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prinde contur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παίρνουν σάρκα και οστά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vorm aanneem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ta form
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ta form
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of take shape

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE SHAPE»

The term «take shape» is very widely used and occupies the 16.724 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TAKE SHAPE» OVER TIME

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

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5 QUOTES WITH «TAKE SHAPE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word take shape.
1
Andrew Dost
I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.
2
Crispin Glover
I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.
3
Billy Tauzin
And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure again - regardless of whether the levees held or not - then I think a rebuilding process would really take shape.
4
John Travolta
Your life starts to take shape at 30. You don't have to make excuses for who you are anymore.
5
Ed Westwick
I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TAKE SHAPE»

Discover the use of take shape in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to take shape and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Doodle Dandies: Poems That Take Shape
Presents a collection of poems each of which appears on the page in the shape of its subject so that the poem looks like whatever it's about.
J. Patrick Lewis, 2008
2
A Ghetto Takes Shape: Black Cleveland, 1870-1930
The ghettos began to take shape when they did because a period of growing racial hostility coincided with an era of dramatic change in the patterns of urban life. Between the Civil War and World War I, urban society in America underwent an ...
Kenneth L. Kusmer, 1978
3
Play-Doh Let's Create: Shapes: Where Learning and Creativity ...
Where can you find basic shapes?
Susan Amerikaner, 2013
4
Voyages in World History
When did the international system of the eastern Mediterranean take shape, and how did it function? Starting around 1500 b.c.e. an international system took shape throughout the eastern Mediterranean that included the New Kingdom in ...
Valerie Hansen, Kenneth Curtis, 2008
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Mencius on Becoming Human: Franz Rosenzweig's The Star of ...
The text begins: Associated humanity taking shape [xing E2] on the inside is called the formation of character [dezbixing Ezfi]; when it does not take shape on the inside it is called simply practice.“ Appropriateness taking shape on the inside is ...
James Behuniak, 2005
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Confucian Pragmatism as the Art of Contextualizing Personal ...
taking shape within is called the forming of character; where it does not take shape within it is simply called conduct. Observing ritual propriety (li 13%) taking shape within is called the forming of character; where it does not take shape within it ...
Haiming Wen, 2009
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
The Vicar is taking the service and I can't endure his sermons. take shape take the shape take shape - I. become definite in form or outline: In a short time the bag began to distend and then the balloon took shape and form. 2. (fig) reach the  ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Public Opinion
The events which are not scored are reported either as personal and conventional opinions, or they are not news. They do not take shape until somebody protests, or somebody investigates, or somebody publicly, in the etymological meaning ...
Walter Lippmann, 1943
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Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th Century: The ...
The predominance of the city-states can only be explained in the context of the first world-economy ever to take shape in Europe, between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. It was in this period that the extensive trading-zones were ...
Fernand Braudel, 1982
10
America's Civil War (ENHANCED eBook)
During the months following Fort Sumter, the two armies began to take shape, readying themselves for an important first battle.Most of the thousands of volunteers pouring into Washington late that spring had already served in various state ...
Tim McNeese, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TAKE SHAPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term take shape is used in the context of the following news items.
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Take Shape For Life Celebrates 2015 Awaken. Connect. Transform …
"The Take Shape For Life Convention is always a highlight of the year and we are very pleased with this year's event," said Michael MacDonald, Chairman and ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
2
Health Posts Take Shape
mobile-hospitals-zambia Some baby steps have been made toward the highly publicized 650 health posts targeted by government with 367 sites taking root ... «Zambia Reports, Jul 15»
3
Cranbrook's railway station starts to take shape
EAST Devon's latest railway station is taking shape with the platform and shelters now in place along with the access road and car parks. Cranbrook is the ... «Exeter Express and Echo, Jul 15»
4
Take Shape For Life Recognized as Leading Direct Selling Company
"I want to congratulate Take Shape For Life, not only for their track record of ... "By working together with leading companies like Take Shape For Life, we ... «MarketWatch, Jun 15»
5
Take Shape Rockford Takes Aim at Obesity
Take Shape Rockford encourages us to live healthier by portioning our meals better and creating healthy habits. Dozens sat and took advice from health ... «WIFR, May 15»
6
Fanfare sculpture takes shape
One of the biggest public sculptures in New Zealand is starting to take shape on the edge of Christchurch. The 24-metre tall Fanfare sculpture by Christchurch ... «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»
7
Wilson's massive Czech egg starting to take shape
Just starting to take shape, the egg, painted a black background, will eventually be placed on end — big end down — and will measure 20 feet tall and 15 feet in ... «Hays Daily News, May 15»
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PHOTOS/VIDEO: New stadium taking shape in Regina
On the south side one, building is starting to take shape, but anyone who looks through the fence on the north side is looking at the future ticket office and Rider ... «News Talk 980 CJME, May 15»
9
Sky bar at Birmingham's new Park Regis hotel beginning to take
We love a taste of the high life so it's great to see Birmingham's newest sky bar is beginning to take shape. Perched on top of the four star Park Regis hotel at ... «Birmingham Mail, May 15»
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Take Shape For Life Named to 2015 Direct Selling News Global 100 …
Take Shape For Life was recognized as one of the top revenue-generating ... "This recognition from DSN validates the incredible work of our Take Shape For ... «MarketWatch, Apr 15»

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