Meaning & use
take heart
To become encouraged or feel less discouraged, especially after receiving reassuring news.
See it in a sentence
Take heart, the doctor said the surgery went exactly as planned.
Investors took heart from the small rise in the company's latest earnings.
A note on using this word
'Take heart' is typically used as encouragement to someone else, often as a gentle command at the start of a sentence.
Words with a similar meaning
be encouragedcheer up
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Words with an opposite meaning
despairlose heart
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