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take·off

(tāk′ôf′, -ŏf′)

1. The act of rising in flight. Used of an aircraft or a rocket.

2. The point or place from which one takes off.

3. Informal An amusing imitative caricature, parody, or burlesque.

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take•off

(ˈteɪkˌɔf, -ˌɒf)

n.

1. the leaving of the ground, as in beginning an airplane flight.

2. a departure from a starting point, as in beginning a race.

3. the place or point at which a person or thing takes off.

4. a humorous imitation; parody; send-up.

[1820–30]

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Noun	1.	takeoff - a departure; especially of airplanes departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
	2.	takeoff - the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"
	3.	takeoff - a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, charade, lampoon, mockery, burlesque, travesty caricature, impersonation, imitation - a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
	4.	takeoff - humorous or satirical mimicry parody, mockery apery, mimicry - the act of mimicking; imitative behavior

takeoff

noun

1. departure, launch, liftoff The aircraft crashed soon after takeoff.

2. (Informal) parody, imitation, send-up (Brit. informal), mocking, satire, caricature, spoof (informal), travesty, lampoon an inspired takeoff of the two sisters

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

takeoff

noun

1. The act of rising in flight:

liftoff.

2. Informal. A usually amusing caricature of another:

imitation, parody.

Translations

إقْلَاع

vzlet

start

Abflug

απογείωση

despegue

lentokoneen ilmaannousu

décollage

polijetanje

decollo

離陸

이륙

start

จุดเริ่มต้น

kalkış

sự cất cánh

起飞

takeoff

[ˈteɪkɒf] N

1. (Aer, Econ) → despegue m

2. (= imitation) → imitación f, parodia f

3. (Mech) power takeoff → toma f de fuerza

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

takeoff

take-off [ˈteɪkɒf] n

(AVIATION) [plane] → décollage m

(= imitation) → imitation f
a take-off of sb → une imitation de qn

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

takeoff

[ˈteɪkˌɒf] n

a. (Aer) → decollo; (Horse-riding) → battuta

b. (fam) (imitation) → imitazione f

takeoff

→ إقْلَاع vzlet start Abflug απογείωση despegue lentokoneen ilmaannousu décollage polijetanje decollo 離陸 이륙 opstijgen takeoff start decolagem, descolagem взлет start จุดเริ่มต้น kalkış sự cất cánh 起飞

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