take turns
Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's…Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.
Meaning
1 senses(polite)Of two or more people, to do the same thing one after another, taking one another's place alternately.
We take turns to answer the phone.
Round-robin scheduling arranges to have all teams or players take turns playing each other
sich abwechseln
сменятьсяsmenjatʹsja, чередоватьсяčeredovatʹsja
чергува́тисяčerhuvátysja
- do something in turns
Translations
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Forms
takes turns, taking turns, took turns, taken turns| Base form | take turns · to take turns |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | takes turns |
| Present participle | taking turns |
| Past simple | took turns |
| Past participle | taken turns |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonyms- do something in turns:alternate
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.