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take part en · VERB

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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive, with "in") To participate or join.
   • They are killed, tortured, made to take part in the fighting, banished from their homes. 2000, Vesna Nikolić-Ristanović, Women, Violence and War, →ISBN:
   • Those who took part in the Smell Survey faced two major challenges—the first, to detect the odors described below; the second, to identify them correctly. 1987 October, Avery N. Gilbert and Charles J. Wysocki, “Results of the Smell Survey”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 516:
   • He declined to take part in the meeting because he did not feel he had anything to add.
   • Thus the revolution is that one can speak about an access to digital culture within the right to take part in cultural life. 2016, Anna Maria Andersen Nawrot, The Utopian Human Right to Science and Culture, →ISBN:
   • I listened to a discussion in which she took part.
2. (idiomatic) To share or partake.
   • We have two famous tribal drums called Ntiri and Abia which are so stimulating that everybody used to take part when they sounded, but Ndiuka were educated not to dance it because it is native. 2007, S. A. Nnolim, The History of Umuchu, →ISBN, page 50:
   • 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. 1829, Jabez Burns, The Christian's sketch book, page 96:
   • Importantly now, all of the parishioners were expected to participate in singing God's praise and at communion received the bread and wine at tables set out for all to take part. 2012, Alastair Hendry, The Parish Churches of Loudoun and their Clergy up to 1845, →ISBN, page 39:
3. (dated) To support or ally oneself (with).
   • When the Spaniards were formerly contending against France, the noble earl said he felt for them, but he then recommended a cautious and prudent line of conduct to this country, and advised us not to take part with Spain. 1824, The Parliamentary Debates - Volume 9, page 195:
   • 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 institutions. 1820, Charles Kitchell Gardner, The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review:
   • At any time, if the French or any country Powers of Malabar shall design to come against the Honourable English Company, or the said Honourable English Company shall propose going against any of the above mentioned, I oblige myself, by this writing, to act entirely on the part of the Honourable English Company, and to assist them readily with 300 men armed with my fire arms, at all times that the Chief of Tellicherry shall advise or ask me, and in no respect will I take part with them, who may be the Honourable Company's enemies. 1891, William Logan, A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Other Papers of Importance, →ISBN, page 61:

Forms

Translations (135)

th เข้าร่วม (participate or join) · bg споделя (share or partake) · ur شَراکَت کَرْنا (participate or join) · tr katılmak (participate or join) · lt dalyvauti (participate or join) · ky катышуу (participate or join) · lo ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມ (participate or join) · tg ширкат кардан (participate or join) · pt participar (participate or join) · sl udeležiti se (participate or join) · lv piedalīties (participate or join) · ur اِشْتِراک کَرْنا (participate or join) · te పాలు పంచుకొను (share or partake) · pl wziąć udział (share or partake) · sv dela (share or partake) · uk взя́ти у́часть (participate or join) · hu kiveszi a részét (share or partake) · id ikut serta (participate or join) · ms menyertai (participate or join) · ru уча́ствовать (participate or join) · es tomar parte (participate or join) · hu társul (participate or join) · et osa võtma (participate or join) · de teilnehmen (participate or join) · is taka þátt (participate or join) · de teilhaben (share or partake) · hu osztozik (share or partake) · pl uczestniczyć (share or partake) · ru отве́дать (share or partake) · th ร่วมมือ (participate or join) · bg уча́ствувам (participate or join) · hu részt vesz (participate or join) · fi ottaa osaa (participate or join) · id ambil bagian (participate or join) · el μεταλαμβάνω (share or partake) · hi हिस्सा लेना (participate or join) · ka მონაწილეობა (participate or join) · ang dǣlniman (participate or join) · ro a participa (participate or join) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (participate or join) · el παίρνω μέρος (participate or join) · pl brać udział (participate or join) · fi osallistua (share or partake) · ja 加わる (participate or join) · da deltage (participate or join) · id berpartisipasi (participate or join) · mi uru (participate or join) · et osalema (participate or join) · hy մասնակցել (participate or join) · ru приня́ть уча́стие (participate or join) · el μοιράζομαι (participate or join) · it partecipare (participate or join) · ja 参加する (participate or join) · my နွှဲ (participate or join) · az iştirak etmək (participate or join) · uk бра́ти у́часть (participate or join) · sa सचते (participate or join) · sh у̀чествовати (participate or join) · mn оролцох (participate or join) · el κοινωνώ (share or partake) · ru разделя́ть (share or partake) · km មូត (participate or join) · tr iştirak etmek (participate or join) · pt ter parte (share or partake) · pl brać udział (share or partake) · te పాల్గొను (participate or join) · ang drēogan (participate or join) · hu részesedik (share or partake) · ar شَارَكَ (participate or join) · pl uczestniczyć (participate or join) · mk учествува (participate or join) · sk zúčastniť sa (participate or join) · ur حِصَّہ لینا (participate or join) · ru раздели́ть (share or partake) · th ร่วม (participate or join) · ar سَاهَمَ (participate or join) · sh ùčestvovati (participate or join) · ko 참가하다 (participate or join) · tg иштирок кардан (participate or join) · vi tham gia (participate or join) · hu csatlakozik (participate or join) · sl udeleževati se (participate or join) · he הִשְׁתַּתֵּף (participate or join) · nb delta (participate or join) · fr participer (participate or join) · uz ishtiroq etmoq (participate or join) · cs účastnit se (participate or join) · de sich beteiligen (participate or join) · kk қатысу (participate or join) · nl deelnemen (participate or join) · la participō (participate or join) · lo ເລົ່າ (participate or join) · sq marr pjesë (participate or join) · bg споделям (share or partake) · he לָקַח חֵלֶק (participate or join) · be браць удзе́л (participate or join) · el συμμετέχω (participate or join) · el παίρνω μερίδιο (participate or join) · hu részt vállal (participate or join) · fi olla mukana (share or partake) · fr prendre part (participate or join) · pt tomar parte (participate or join) · hu közreműködik (participate or join) · pl wziąć udział (participate or join) · cs zúčastnit se (participate or join) · fi osallistua (participate or join) · ta கலந்துகொள் (participate or join) · hi भाग लेना (participate or join) · pt tomar parte (share or partake) · km ចូលដៃ (participate or join) · bg взе́ма уча́стие (participate or join) · ru принима́ть уча́стие (participate or join) · be ўзяць удзе́л (participate or join) · fa-ira اِشْتِراک کَرْدَن (participate or join) · km រួម (participate or join) · yi אָנטייל נעמען (participate or join) · pt participar (share or partake) · el συνεργώ σε (participate or join) · lo ຮ່ວມ (participate or join) · yue 參加 /参加 (participate or join) · bg взе́мам уча́стие (participate or join) · km ចូលរួម (participate or join) · sk zúčastňovať sa (participate or join) · hi शराकत करना (participate or join) · cmn 參加 /参加 (participate or join) · fa-ira شِرْکَت کَرْدَن (participate or join) · srn teki prati (participate or join) · ar اِشْتَرَكَ (participate or join) · sw shiriki (participate or join) · sv delta (participate or join) · eo partopreni (participate or join) · id turut serta (participate or join) · pt ter parte (participate or join) · hu részesül (share or partake) · es tomar parte (share or partake)