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Definition 2025

take_effect

take effect

English

Verb

take effect

(idiomatic) to become active; to become effective
The medication won't begin to take effect for 3-4 hours.

Conjugation

See take.

Translations

to become active; to become effective

Bulgarian: подействам ‎(podejstvam), влизам в сила ‎(vlizam v sila)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 生效 (zh) ‎(shēngxiào)

Finnish: alkaa vaikuttaa
German: wirken (de), wirksam werden
Icelandic: hrífa (is)
Russian: де́йствовать (ru) impf ‎(déjstvovatʹ), поде́йствовать (ru) pf ‎(podéjstvovatʹ)