take over
English Thesaurus
1. take up, as of debts or payments (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | fund, |
definition | : | furnish money for (verb.possession) |
2. take over ownership of; of corporations and companies (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | buy, purchase, |
definition | : | obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction (verb.possession) |
3. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | take, |
definition | : | take by force (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | annex, |
definition | : | take (territory) as if by conquest (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | preoccupy, |
definition | : | occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | hijack, |
definition | : | seize control of (verb.possession) |
hyponym | : | raid, |
definition | : | take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock (verb.possession) |
4. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | take, |
definition | : | take into one's possession (verb.possession) |
5. take up and practice as one's own (verb.possession)
hypernym | : | accept, have, take, |
definition | : | receive willingly something given or offered (verb.possession) |
6. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities (verb.social)
hypernym | : | take office, |
definition | : | assume an office, duty, or title (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | resume, |
definition | : | assume anew (verb.social) |
7. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations (verb.social)
hypernym | : | discharge, free, |
definition | : | free from obligations or duties (verb.social) |
hyponym | : | spell, |
definition | : | relieve (someone) from work by taking a turn (verb.social) |
8. do over (verb.social)
hypernym | : | act, move, |
definition | : | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb.social) |
9. take over ownership of; of corporations and companies (verb.possession)
derivation | : | buyout, |
definition | : | acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock (noun.act) |
derivation | : | takeover, |
definition | : | a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation (noun.act) |
10. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession (verb.possession)
derivation | : | assumption, laying claim, |
definition | : | the act of taking possession of or power over something (noun.act) |
derivation | : | usurpation, |
definition | : | wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | arrogator, |
definition | : | a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess (noun.person) |
derivation | : | supplanter, usurper, |
definition | : | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another (noun.person) |
11. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person (verb.possession)
derivation | : | assumption, laying claim, |
definition | : | the act of taking possession of or power over something (noun.act) |
12. take up and practice as one's own (verb.possession)
derivation | : | adoption, borrowing, |
definition | : | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source (noun.act) |
derivation | : | adopted, adoptive, |
definition | : | acquired as your own by free choice (adj.all) |
13. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities (verb.social)
derivation | : | assumption, laying claim, |
definition | : | the act of taking possession of or power over something (noun.act) |
14. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations (verb.social)
15. do over (verb.social)
derivation | : | repeater, |
definition | : | a person who repeats (noun.person) |
16. take over ownership of; of corporations and companies (verb.possession)
derivation | : | buyout, |
definition | : | acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock (noun.act) |
derivation | : | takeover, |
definition | : | a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation (noun.act) |
17. seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession (verb.possession)
derivation | : | assumption, laying claim, |
definition | : | the act of taking possession of or power over something (noun.act) |
derivation | : | usurpation, |
definition | : | wrongfully seizing and holding (an office or powers) by force (especially the seizure of a throne or supreme authority) (noun.act) |
derivation | : | arrogator, |
definition | : | a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess (noun.person) |
derivation | : | supplanter, usurper, |
definition | : | one who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another (noun.person) |
18. take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person (verb.possession)
derivation | : | assumption, laying claim, |
definition | : | the act of taking possession of or power over something (noun.act) |
19. take up and practice as one's own (verb.possession)
derivation | : | adoption, borrowing, |
definition | : | the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source (noun.act) |
derivation | : | adopted, adoptive, |
definition | : | acquired as your own by free choice (adj.all) |
20. take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities (verb.social)
derivation | : | assumption, laying claim, |
definition | : | the act of taking possession of or power over something (noun.act) |
21. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations (verb.social)
22. do over (verb.social)
derivation | : | repeater, |
definition | : | a person who repeats (noun.person) |
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