Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take offence

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.96 in modern English

Syllables
take of-fence
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of take offense.

Inflected Forms

takes offence (present, singular) taking offence (participle, present) took offence (past) taken offence (participle, past)

Questions

What does take offence mean?
Alternative spelling of take offense.

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