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 | ||