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take to heart

Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples

Pronunciation: US /ˌteɪk tə ˈhɑrt/ · UK /ˌteɪk tə ˈhɑːt/

take to heart means: To treat advice or comments as important and let them affect your feelings or actions.

verb

TAKE SERIOUSLYB2

To treat advice or comments as important and let them affect your feelings or actions.

  • I took your advice to heart.
  • Don't take every rude comment to heart.
  • Has he taken the warning to heart?

How to use it: take something to heart (She took her teacher's advice to heart and practised every day.)

Similar words: take seriously, heed, internalize

Opposites: disregard

Common phrases: take something to heart, really take to heart

FEEL HURTB2

If you are deeply affected by something, you feel very upset about it.

  • He took the criticism to heart.
  • Try not to take their jokes to heart.
  • She took her failure to heart and cried all evening.

How to use it: take something to heart (She took his harsh comments to heart.)

Similar words: be hurt by, be upset by

Common phrases: take criticism to heart, take something to heart

Questions about take to heart

What does take to heart mean?

To treat advice or comments as important and let them affect your feelings or actions.

What is take to heart in other languages?

Türkçe: ciddiye almak · Español: tomarse a pecho · Français: prendre à cœur · Deutsch: sich zu Herzen nehmen · Italiano: prendere a cuore · 日本語: 心に留める

How do you pronounce take to heart?

In American English /ˌteɪk tə ˈhɑrt/; in British English /ˌteɪk tə ˈhɑːt/.

How do you use take to heart in a sentence?

I took your advice to heart. Don't take every rude comment to heart.

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