takes shape
Starts becoming real
Takes shape means to develop a definite or recognizable form.
The phrase describes something abstract or incomplete becoming clearer and more concrete: The plan is finally taking shape, As the investigation progressed, a theory began to take shape.
It implies gradual emergence rather than sudden appearance—a building takes shape as construction advances, an idea takes shape as details are worked out.
Picture in thought
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- imagineForm mental pictures
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- ideateForm mental concepts
brainstorm · draft · sketch · outline · blueprint · theorize · formulate · design
Come out into view
- formShape or document
- crystallizeForm into ordered structure
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- coalesceUnite into one mass
solidify · come together · gel · congeal · appear · arise · develop · become clear
envision
Picture in thought
ideate · brainstorm · draft · sketch · outline · blueprint · theorize · formulate · design · plan
emerge
Come out into view
- formShape or document
- crystallizeForm into ordered structure
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
coalesce · solidify · come together · gel · congeal · appear · arise · develop · become clear · come into being
ripen
Reach edible maturity
grow · evolve · flourish · come of age · fill out · round out · come into its own · settle · stabilize · season
mold
Form-giving container
model · fashion · craft · work · knead · throw · cast · whittle · etch · contour
takes shapedissolves
Disperses into solution
falls apart · disintegrates · crumbles · breaks down · comes apart
takes shapefalls through
Fails to happen
collapses · stalls · stagnates · flounders · goes nowhere
take, takes, taken, taking, taker, takers, takeover, uptake, intake