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take place

You say that an event takes place.

The wedding took place on the stage of the Sydney Opera House.

Elections will take place in November.

Happen and occur have a similar meaning, but they can only be used for talking about events which were not planned. You can use take place to talk about either planned or unplanned events.

The talks will take place in Vienna.

The accident took place on Saturday morning.

Be careful
Take place is an intransitive verb. Don't say that something ‘was taken place’.

➜ See happen

'take place' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

autumn - delay - except - feel - happen - have - hear - this

Forum discussions with the word(s) "take place" in the title:

'Take off' and 'take place'.. - English Only forum
[grammar]the wedding Mom dreams of performing she hopes will take place at... - English Only forum
A freeze will take place ... - English Only forum
a meeting to take place - English Only forum
an event will take place - English Only forum
Are you gonna take place Christmas party? - English Only forum
Area where strenuous activities take place.. - English Only forum
arise vs happen, occur & take place - English Only forum
at which <melting and freezing / they melt and freeze> take place - English Only forum
Can I say ‘I think this conversation should take place in person’? - English Only forum
Can "not seen" take the place of "not being seen"? - English Only forum
come up/ take place - English Only forum
comma before 'but' [compound predicate]: take place at..., but was - English Only forum
Decision making at the same day the event should take place - English Only forum
did your flight take place last week? - English Only forum
Discussion will take place about something - English Only forum
Do not take a place - English Only forum
Does an accident <ever> take place - English Only forum
Does this change take place with/in other nouns too? - English Only forum
exchanges will not take place that - English Only forum
Expression describing the time you take from / to a place - English Only forum
fortified the place friends take in my heart - English Only forum
Funeral (have Vs take place) - English Only forum
Get/take someone off to some place - English Only forum
have one's day = take place, exist? - English Only forum
hearing would take place - English Only forum
how such an accident could take place - English Only forum
I know a place I could take money in with both hands - English Only forum
I was told that the meeting that was supposed to take place on Tuesday <had been cancelled>. - English Only forum
I'll give that a miss. Would you like to take my place? - English Only forum
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