Meanings
verbtake office (third-person singular simple present takes office, present participle taking office, simple past took office, past participle taken office)
present singular third person takes office · participle present taking office · past took office · participle past taken office
- intransitiveTo start working at an official appointment to some office.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 就職 /就职, 上任
- 就職 /就职 (jiùzhí)start working
- 上任 (shàngrèn)start working
Finnish astua virkaan
- astua virkaanstart working
French entrer en fonction
- entrer en fonctionstart working
Vietnamese nhậm chức
- nhậm chứcstart working
Cite this entry
APA
take office. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20office
MLA
“take office.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20office. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take office,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20office.
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