take place

phrase

: happen, occur

The conference is scheduled to take place in June.

Fighting over a disputed section of the border is taking place in remote jungle …

—James Brooke

What's clear amid the debate is that a remarkable revolution has taken place in the care and treatment of America's children.

—LynNell Hancock et al.

Examples of take place in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The exchange took place during an argument about a request to access court and phone records related to the holdout juror. — ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Jakarta World Cinema also runs a short film competition, which took place in June and drew more than 300 entries from professionals, amateurs and students. — Jenny S. Li, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

County officials said that evacuations are taking place mainly because evidence in the area needs to be preserved. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026

Gianna Dettloff of Carol Stream was one of nine people shot at the gathering, which took place in a backyard near the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University. — Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1770, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for take place

• aerospace
• anatase
• anyplace
• commonplace
• cyberspace
• database
• diabase
• diastase
• dnase
• elastase
• fireplace
• hyperspace