eaten

CEFRA1

/ˈiː.tn̩/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Past participle of eat; taken into the mouth and swallowed.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    Having been consumed by eating.

Examples

  • Have you ever eaten a banana pie?

  • You shouldn't have eaten the fish raw.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈiː.ʔn̩]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of eat

More examples

In context

  • The children had eaten all the cookies before lunch.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English eten, from Old English eten, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etanaz; morphologically eat + -en.