take shape

English

Verb

take shape (third-person singular simple present takes shape, present participle taking shape, simple past took shape, past participle taken shape)

1. (intransitive, often figurative) To take a definite form.

   After two hours of discussion, our plans began to take shape.

Synonyms

• come into being, form; see also Thesaurus:come into being

Translations

take a definite form

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 成型 (zh) (chéngxíng), 成形 (zh) (chéngxíng), 形成 (zh) (xíngchéng)

• Dutch: vorm krijgen
• Finnish: muotoutua
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: prendre forme (fr)
• German: Gestalt annehmen, sich formen
• Japanese: 形をとる (katachi o toru)