Dictionary

take time en · VERB

Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To require a comparatively long period of time.
   • It takes time to get used to having a step-parent.
   • After World War II it took time to clear up the arrears of track maintenance on both lines and it was not until 1953 that the L.M.R. restored any two-hour schedules, the W.R. following suit a year later. 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 98:
   • Learning a foreign language takes time.
2. (idiomatic) To volunteer to spend one's time (for a purpose or beneficiary).
   • He took time to help us with his son with his homework.
   • He took time for his son.

Forms

Deriveds

take time to smell the roses

Relateds

take the time · take time out · take time off · take one's time · take time by the forelock

Synonyms

take some time (require a comparatively long period of time) · take a long time (require a comparatively long period of time) · take the time (volunteer to spend one's time) · make time for (volunteer to spend one's time)

Translations (22)

fr prendre de son temps (pour faire quelque chose) (to volunteer to spend one's time) · es tardar (to require a long period of time) · fr prendre le temps (de faire quelque chose) (to volunteer to spend one's time) · sip འགོར (to require a long period of time) · nl de tijd nemen (to volunteer to spend one's time) · gl levar tempo (to require a long period of time) · es demorar (to require a long period of time) · ast vagar (to require a long period of time) · gu વાર લાગવી (to require a long period of time) · pl poświęcić czas (to volunteer to spend one's time) · es dedicar tiempo (to volunteer to spend one's time) · de Zeit brauchen (to require a long period of time) · pl potrzebować czasu (to require a long period of time) · it prendersi la briga (to volunteer to spend one's time) · es llevar / tomar / requerir tiempo (to require a long period of time) · pt demorar (to require a long period of time) · pt tardar (to require a long period of time) · pl poświęcać czas (to volunteer to spend one's time) · nl tijd nodig hebben (to require a long period of time) · fr prendre du temps (to require a long period of time) · pt levar tempo (to require a long period of time) · gl enredar (to require a long period of time)