take at face value en · VERB
Meanings
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(figuratively, transitive) Accept as presented, without question or further investigation.
Our parents’ generation seems neither able nor interested in understanding how marketers exploit them. They take shopping at face value.
1991, Douglas Coupland, “New Zealand Gets Nuked, Too”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 68:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taking at face value | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taken at face value | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| took at face value | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| accept at face value | alternative | lexicographic | |
| takes at face value | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Antonyms
take with a grain of salt · read between the lines
Relateds
on the face of it · take someone at their word · take seriously
Synonyms
Translations (16)
de etwas für bare Münze nehmen (Translations) · pl przyjmować za dobrą monetę (Translations) · el παίρνω τοις μετρητοίς (Translations) · fr prendre pour argent comptant (Translations) · fi ottaa todesta (Translations) · it prendere per buona moneta (Translations) · ro lua de bun (Translations) · es al pie de la letra (Translations) · pl brać za dobrą monetę (Translations) · fi ottaa täydestä (Translations) · ru приня́ть за чи́стую моне́ту (Translations) · pl przyjąć za dobrą monetę (Translations) · lv pieņemt par skaidru zeltu (Translations) · pl wziąć za dobrą monetę (Translations) · fi uskoa sellaisenaan (Translations) · ru принима́ть за чи́стую моне́ту (Translations)