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TAKE OFFICE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Assume an office, duty, or title
Example:
When will the new President take office?
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "take office" is one way to...):
start; take up (begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take office"):
accede; enter (take on duties or office)
adopt; assume; take on; take over (take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Antonym:
leave office (give up or retire from a position)
