Dictionary

take shape en · VERB

Meanings

1. (figuratively, intransitive, often) To take a definite form.
   • After two hours of discussion, our plans began to take shape.
   • It was the section of the North Midland Railway from Derby to Ambergate which provided the springboard for a scheme that took shape in the early part of 1845 for a route through the Peak to Manchester. 1960 March, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 148:
   • Yet it was all interesting and the process of being partly responsible for stripping down a locomotive and seeing it take shape again was quite a thrill. 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:

Forms

Synonyms

come into being · form

Translations (18)

cmn 成形 (take a definite form) · ja 形をとる (take a definite form) · fi muotoutua (take a definite form) · es perfilarse (take a definite form) · es tomar forma (take a definite form) · nl vorm krijgen (take a definite form) · pl przyjmować kształt (take a definite form) · cmn 形成 (take a definite form) · es coger forma (take a definite form) · pl przyjąć kształt (take a definite form) · cmn 成型 (take a definite form) · de sich formen (take a definite form) · pl ukształtować się (take a definite form) · fr prendre forme (take a definite form) · pl kształtować się (take a definite form) · de Gestalt annehmen (take a definite form) · tr şekil almak (take a definite form) · es agarrar forma (take a definite form)