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Definition: Take Heed |
Take HeedVerb1. Listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Take HeedSynonyms: hear (v), listen (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Caution | Verb: be cautious; Adjective: take care, take heed, take good care; have a care mind, what one is about; be on one's guard; (keep watch); "make assurance doubly sure". |
Warning | Beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward; (care). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Take Heed |
| English words defined with "take heed": Reck ♦ To take heed to. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | I alone am the one you don't know you need take heed feed your ego (Inside Out; performing artist: Eve 6) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Take Heed Mr. Tojo (1943) | |
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| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Author | Quotation |
John Donne | Take heed of loving me. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Let us then take heed for God! |
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Expressions using "take heed": take heed at one's peril ♦ take heed of ♦ take heed of smth. ♦ take heed to ♦ To take heed ♦ To take heed to. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "take heed"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Czech | ohlížet se na co (take heed of smth.), dbát na (follow, take heed to). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"שמר מן- (beware). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | vigyáz vmire (to attend to sg, to heed, to heed sg, to look to, to mind, to take heed of sg), őrizkedik vmitől (to take heed of sg). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aketay eedhay dikkatli olmak (be careful, be particular about, give heed to, keep one's eyes skinned, mind, pay heed to, take care, watch out), dikkat etmek (be careful, behold, give heed to, heed, keep an eye on, look out, look sharp, look to, make a point of, mind, note, notice, pay attention to, pay heed to, remark, take care, take care of, take heed of, ware, watch, watch one's step, watch out). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old English | 450-1100 | geman. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 35 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Skopei oun mh to fwV to en soi skotoV estin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Vide ergo ne lumen quod in te est tenebrae sint |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Warna þæt þæt leoht þe ðe on is: ne syn þystru; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor se thou, lest the liyt that is in thee, be derknessis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darknes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | So take care that the light which is in you is not dark. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 11, Verse 35 |
| Cebuano | Busa mag-amping ka, basi ang kahayag nga anaa kanimo kangitngit diay. |
| Chinese | 所 以 要 省 察 、 恐 怕 裡 的 光 、 或 者 黑 暗 了 。 |
| Croatian | Pazi dakle da svjetlost koja je u tebi ne bude tamna. |
| Danish | Se derfor til, at det Lys, der er i dig, ikke er Mørke. |
| Dutch | Zie dan toe, dat niet het licht, hetwelk in u is, duisternis zij. |
| Finnish | Katso siis, ettei valo, joka sinussa on, ole pimeyttä. |
| French | Prends donc garde que la lumière qui est en toi ne soit ténèbres. |
| German | So schaue darauf, daß nicht das Licht in dir Finsternis sei. |
| Haitian Creole | Fè sèten pou limyè ki anndan ou lan pa fènwa. |
| Hungarian | Meglásd azért, hogy a világosság, mely te benned van, sötétség ne legyen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Oleh sebab itu, hati-hatilah, jangan sampai terang yang ada padamu itu menjadi gelap. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sebab itu jaga baik-baik, supaya terang yang di dalammu itu, jangan menjadi gelap. |
| Italian | Bada dunque che la luce che è in te non sia tenebra. |
| Latvian | Tâpçc pielûko, ka gaisma, kas tevî ir, nekïûst tumsa. |
| Manx Gaelic | Cur twoaie er-y-fa shen nagh bee yn soilshey ta aynyd ny ghorraghys. |
| Maori | Na reira kia ata titiro mehemea ehara i te pouri te marama i roto i a koe. |
| Norwegian | Se derfor til at lyset i dig ikke er mørke! |
| Portuguese | Vê, então, que a luz que há em ti não sejam trevas. |
| Rumanian | Ia seama dar, ca lumina care este kn tine, sq nu fie kntunerec. |
| Shuar | Anearta. Enentáimin Tsáapin ana nu kiritin ajaschati tusam anearam wekasata. |
| Spanish | Mira, pues, no sea que la luz que hay en ti sea tinieblas. |
| Swahili | Uwe mwangalifu basi mwanga ulio ndani yako usije ukawa giza. |
| Swedish | Se därför till, att ljuset som du har i dig icke är mörker. |
| Uma | Wae wo'o-hawo hante nono-ta. Kana tapelompehi mpu'u: ane Pue' mpobajahi nono-ta, neo' tapomobengi nculii'. |
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Misspellings | |
"Take Heed" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: take hed. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-h-k-t" | |
-2 letters: heated. | |
-3 letters: death, hated, kheda. | |
-4 letters: akee, date, deet, deke, dhak, eath, eked, hade, haed, haet, hake, hate, head, heat, heed, keet, khat, khet, take, teak, teed, thae, thee. | |
-5 letters: ate, dah, dak, dee, eat, edh, eke, eta, eth, had, hae, hat, het, kae, kat, kea, tad, tae, tea, ted, tee, the. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-e-h-k-t" | |
+3 letters: weakhearted. | |
+5 letters: brokenhearted. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Expressions | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Translations: Ancient 11. Bible Trace 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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