Antonyms for take place

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pleys

Phonetic Transcription : pleɪs

Definition of take place

Origin : c.1200, "space, dimensional extent, room, area," from Old French place "place, spot" (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin placea "place, spot," from Latin platea "courtyard, open space; broad way, avenue," from Greek plateia (hodos) "broad (way)," fem. of platys "broad" (see plaice).
Replaced Old English stow and stede. From mid-13c. as "particular part of space, extent, definite location, spot, site;" from early 14c. as "position or place occupied by custom, etc.; position on some social scale;" from late 14c. as "inhabited place, town, country," also "place on the surface of something, portion of something, part," also, "office, post." Meaning "group of houses in a town" is from 1580s.
Also from the same Latin source are Italian piazza, Catalan plassa, Spanish plaza, Middle Dutch plaetse, Dutch plaats, German Platz, Danish plads, Norwegian plass. Wide application in English covers meanings that in French require three words: place, lieu, and endroit. Cognate Italian piazza and Spanish plaza retain more of the etymological sense.
To take place "happen" is from mid-15c. To know (one's) place is from c.1600; hence figurative expression put (someone) in his or her place (1855). Place of worship attested from 1689, originally in official papers and in reference to assemblies of dissenters from the Church of England. All over the place "in disorder" is attested from 1923.

As in intervene : verb happen
As in arrive : verb come to a destination
As in materialize : verb come into being
As in occur : verb take place, happen
As in pass : verb go by, elapse; move onward
As in sit : verb rest on one's behind
As in be : verb happen
As in transpire : verb occur, happen
As in hap : verb come
As in come : verb happen
As in come about : verb happen
As in come off : verb transpire
As in come on : verb appear, enter
As in eventuate : verb be a consequence
As in fall : verb happen
As in fall out : verb come to pass
As in go off : verb explode
As in go on : verb continue
As in happen : verb come to pass; occur

Example sentences :

He is the son of a clever doctor, and the marriage will take place in four days.
Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire

I will go, I will make to take place all that is in thy heart.
Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum

Was the wonderful event about to take place, the prodigy she awaited?
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

The thing goes on then; and what day is the marriage to take place?
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

For my part, as a third person, I am persuaded the marriage did take place.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

That affair of Henry's that I told you of, is to take place.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I believe that the reading did not take place, or at least not entirely, at the Master's house.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

The signing did not take place for several weeks after its adoption.
Extract from : « The Nation in a Nutshell » by George Makepeace Towle

That is a mystery; but it may be supposed to take place by successive stages.
Extract from : « Initiation into Philosophy » by Emile Faguet

Action on this treaty is expected to take place in about ten years.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 3, April 16, 1870 » by Various

Synonyms for take place

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