TAKE TO BE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does take to be mean? 

• TAKE TO BE (verb)
  The verb TAKE TO BE has 1 sense:

1. look on as or consider

  Familiarity information: TAKE TO BE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE TO BE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Look on as or consider

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

be known as; esteem; know as; look on; look upon; regard as; repute; take to be; think of

Context example:

He is reputed to be intelligent

Hypernyms (to "take to be" is one way to...):

believe; conceive; consider; think (judge or regard; look upon; judge)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

This he filled with the same oil as that used at the vicarage, and he carefully timed the period which it would take to be exhausted.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)