English verb: take office | |||
1. | take office (social) assume an office, duty, or title | ||
Samples | When will the new President take office?. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | start, take up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | accede, adopt, assume, enter, take on, take over | ||
Antonyms | leave office, step down, quit, resign | ||