take office

English

Verb

take office (third-person singular simple present takes office, present participle taking office, simple past took office, past participle taken office)

1. (intransitive) To start working at an official appointment to some office.

Translations

start working

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: astua virkaan
• French: entrer en fonction
• Vietnamese: nhậm chức (vi)

See also

• swear in

Further reading

• “take office”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.