stolen

CEFRA2

/ˈstəʊ.ln̩/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Taken without permission from its owner.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Something which has been stolen.

Examples

  • I had my wallet stolen on my way to the office.

  • We had a bar of gold stolen.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈstoʊ.ln̩/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. That has been stolen.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. past participle of steal

More examples

In context

  • Some of the money was stolen.

  • Pray for my soldiers that's ridin’ in stolens

  • Fill that clip with golden worms Grap that dots and fold it first (snap!) make sure that the stolen works

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Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal”), equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin (“stolen”), Saterland Frisian stäälen (“stolen”), West Frisian stellen (“stolen”), Dutch gestolen (“stolen”), German Low German stohlen (“stolen”), German gestohlen (“stolen”), Swedish stulen (“stolen”).