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To consider important and meaningful (information or a matter that somebody is mentioning or discussing).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: take to heart
Antonyms: take lightly, make light of
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Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَخَذَهُ عَلَى مَحْمَلِ الجِدِّ
(ʔaḵaḏahu ʕalā maḥmali l-jiddi)
— to consider important
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Arabic:
أَخَذَهُ بِالجِدِّيَّة
(ʔaḵaḏahu bi-l-jiddiyya)
— to consider important
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Azerbaijani:
ciddiyə almaq
— to consider important
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Chinese Mandarin:
當回事 /当回事
(dànghuíshì)
— to consider important
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Danish:
tage på alvor
— to consider important
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Dutch:
serieus nemen
— to consider important
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Dutch:
au sérieux nemen
— to consider important
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Dutch:
ernstig nemen
— to consider important
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Finnish:
ottaa vakavasti
— to consider important
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French:
prendre au sérieux
— to consider important
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German:
ernst nehmen
— to consider important
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Hungarian:
komolyan vesz
— to consider important
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Italian:
prendere sul serio
— to consider important
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Norwegian Bokmål:
ta på alvor
— to consider important
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
ta på alvor
— to consider important
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Polish:
brać na poważnie
— to consider important
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Polish:
brać poważnie
— to consider important
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Polish:
wziąć na poważnie
— to consider important
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Polish:
wziąć poważnie
— to consider important
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Romanian:
lua în serios
— to consider important
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Russian:
принима́ть всерьёз
(prinimátʹ vserʹjóz)
— to consider important
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Spanish:
tomar en serio
— to consider important
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Swedish:
ta på allvar
— to consider important
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Turkish:
ciddiye almak
— to consider important
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Vietnamese:
để tâm
— to consider important