Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took place

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.30 in modern English

Syllables
took -place
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take place

Questions

What does took place mean?
simple past of take place

How to pronounce took place

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