take part

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take part

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From Middle English taken part, a calque of Latin participō. Compare partake, German teilnehmen, Finnish ottaa osaa.

verb takes part · taking part · took part · taken part

  1. idiomatic, intransitive, with "in" To participate or join. He declined to take part in the meeting because he did not feel he had anything to add.
  2. idiomatic To share or partake. So didst thou love man, that thou wouldest take part with him of his misery, that he might take part with thee of thy blessedness.
  3. dated To support or ally oneself (with). Yet we take part, on the whole, with the author : — and heartily wish him success in the great object of vindicating his country from unmerited aspersions, and trying to make us, in England, ashamed of the vices and defects which he has taken the trouble to point out in our national character and in

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verb participate or join

Españoltomar parte
한국어참가하다 chamgahada
日本語参加する sanka suru, 加わる kuwawaru
中文參加 /参加 cānjiā
हिन्दीभाग लेना bhāg lenā, हिस्सा लेना hissā lenā, शराकत करना śarākat karnā
Kiswahilishiriki
Portuguêsparticipar, ter parte, tomar parte
Françaisparticiper, prendre part
Deutschteilnehmen, sich beteiligen
Italianopartecipare
Ελληνικάμοιράζομαι moirázomai, συνεργώ σε synergó se, παίρνω μέρος paírno méros, παίρνω μερίδιο paírno merídio, συμμετέχω symmetécho
Românăa participa
Русскийпринима́ть уча́стие prinimátʹ učástije, приня́ть уча́стие prinjátʹ učástije, уча́ствовать učástvovatʹ
Tiếng Việttham gia
العربيةشَارَكَ šāraka, سَاهَمَ sāhama, اِشْتَرَكَ ištaraka
עבריתלָקַח חֵלֶק lakákh khélek, הִשְׁתַּתֵּף hishtatéf

verb share or partake

Españoltomar parte
Portuguêsparticipar, ter parte, tomar parte
Deutschteilhaben
Ελληνικάμεταλαμβάνω metalamváno, κοινωνώ koinonó
Русскийразделя́ть razdeljátʹ, раздели́ть razdelítʹ, отве́дать otvédatʹ

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@misc{take_part_2026,
  title = {take part},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/take%20part},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}