take over
IPA: tˈeɪkˈoʊvɝ
verb
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.
- To assume control of something, especially by force; to usurp.
- To adopt a further responsibility or duty.
- To relieve someone temporarily.
- To buy out the ownership of a business.
- To appropriate something without permission.
- To annex a territory by conquest or invasion.
- (transitive, intransitive) To become more successful (than someone or something else).
takeover
IPA: tˈeɪkoʊvɝ
noun
- (economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
- (economics, UK) The acquisition of a public company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange, in contrast to the acquisition of a private company.
- A time or event in which control or authority, especially over a facility is passed from one party to the next.
verb
- Alternative form of take over [Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, over.]
take-over
IPA: tˈeɪkoʊvɝ
noun
- Alternative form of takeover [(economics) The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.]
Examples of "takeover" in Sentences
- Some blame the state takeover for the strike.
- The takeover of the company happened yesterday.
- What is the basis of the Chinese' takeover of Tibet
- Many of the leaders during the takeover were Hermanos.
- In 1876 it was a takeover of the company by Curt Maquet.
- They participated in the planning of the embassy takeover.
- A cultural takeover is happening right in front of our eyes.
- At the time of the takeover, the locomotive was renumbered 181.
- The takeover is possible because of widespread cultural malaise.
- When will the liberal dems realize the government takeover is a bad idea.
- After the Bolshevik takeover of the Georgian government, he was demobilized.
- Alleged participation in the planning and leadership of the embassy takeover.
- Government takeover is the beginning to the end for America as we once knew it.
- If you believe this healthcare takeover is a good idea then, quite frankly, you are part of the problem.
- Last night's dramatic intervention by Tom Hicks and George Gillett means an Anfield takeover is far from done.
- When will the Congressional Dumocrats wake up and realize that the public's support for their grand scheme takeover is sinking faster than the titanic.
- According to the FAO, this takeover is an example of exactly the kind of nationally controlled leadership of anti-hunger programs that can -- and must -- be integral to addressing world hunger.
Examples of "take-over" in Sentences
- Then in the autumn of 2008 came the decision to take-over HBOS, which was on the verge of collapse.
- California isnt completely gone, nonetheless you dont consider you should reason out for the take-over unless election night is the huge red wave.
- However, Thompson has voiced he is considering the run for the Governors seat, so this check is not expected to outcome in the take-over opportunity.
- If he'd made it to a listing on the Stock exchange, he'd probably have lost out to a hostile take-over from a French or Spanish company. michaelsylvain 6 February 2012 11:15AM
- Vote, which advocates for District voting rights, said in a statement that the group "sees this as the beginning of an attempt to take-over DC and undermine or roll back the provisions of the Home Rule Charter."
- When you break down who opposes this specific bill, a significant chunk oppose it because it is not liberal enough, and they would prefer something even more radical (public option or single-payer or REAL government take-over).
- Chris Travers says: jab: When you break down who opposes this specific bill, a significant chunk oppose it because it is not liberal enough, and they would prefer something even more radical (public option or single-payer or REAL government take-over).
- Unless part of their plan is to have Biden sitting in the chair over-ruling the Parliamentarian, Points of Order can still make swiss cheese out of it — especially with the latest twist where they are going to try to throw in a take-over of higher education funding.