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How to pronounce “taking”
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Pronunciation guide for taking
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of taking with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- True Play: The Future of Education
There's a revolution taking place.
- Definition summary
- Alluring; attractive.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce taking
True Play: The Future of Education

There's a revolution taking place.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “taking”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Alluring; attractive.
- (obsolete) Infectious; contagious.
- [Noun]
- The act by which something is taken.
- (uncountable) A seizure of someone's goods or possessions.
- (uncountable) A state of mental distress, resulting in excited or erratic behavior (in the expression in a taking).
- (in the plural, Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) Cash or money received (by a shop or other business, for example).
- [Verb]
- present participle and gerund of take
Practice Nearby Words
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Similar Sounds
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