Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take the place of

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.49 in modern English

Syllables: take the -place of
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To supersede; to come to be used instead of someone or something.

Example Sentences

"Computers have taken the place of paper for many everyday office tasks."

Inflected Forms

takes the place of (present, singular) taking the place of (participle, present) took the place of (past) taken the place of (participle, past)

Questions

What does take the place of mean?: To supersede; to come to be used instead of someone or something.

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