take for
take
teÉĒk
teik
for
fɔ:r
fawr
/tˈeÉĒk fɔː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "take for"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to take for
[phrase form: take]
01

āϧāϰāĻž, āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to see something or someone in a certain way
Complex Transitive: to take for sb sb
to take for definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I always take my friend for an expert when it comes to computer issues.
āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāωāϟāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϝāĻ–āύ āφāϏ⧇ āϤāĻ–āύ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧁āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
02

āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to interpret something with a specific viewpoint or assumption
Complex Transitive: to take for sth sth
to take for definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The proposal was taken for a bold and innovative idea.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāϏ⧀ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to deceive someone, typically in a way that results in financial loss
Ditransitive: to take for sb money or possessions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Be aware of online scams that attempt to take users for personal information and financial details.
āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϏāĻšā§‡āϤāύ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧁āύ āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ