TAKEOVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does takeover mean? 

• TAKEOVER (noun)
  The noun TAKEOVER has 2 senses:

1. a sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

2. a change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation

  Familiarity information: TAKEOVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKEOVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

coup; coup d'etat; putsch; takeover

Hypernyms ("takeover" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "takeover"):

countercoup (a sudden and decisive overthrow of a government that gained power by a coup d'etat)

Instance hyponyms:

October Revolution; Russian Revolution (the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November 1917 that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in 1922)

Derivation:

take over (seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A change by sale or merger in the controlling interest of a corporation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("takeover" is a kind of...):

buyout (acquisition of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "takeover"):

hostile takeover (a takeover that is resisted by the management of the target company)

friendly takeover (a takeover that is welcomed by the management of the target company)

Derivation:

take over (take over ownership of; of corporations and companies)

 Context examples 

Cattle-grazing has led to the takeover of grasslands by shrubs and other woody vegetation.

(Sleeping sands of the Kalahari awaken after more than 10,000 years, NSF)