Taken Meaning
/ˈteɪ.kn̩/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjInfatuated; fond of or attracted to.
adjIn a serious romantic relationship.
Sentence Examples
You were taken in by her.
Have you taken your medicine yet?
The following extract is taken from her new novel.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The money was ____ from the safe during the midnight robbery last night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was ____ by surprise by the sudden arrival of his old friends who he had not seen for several long years today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]"
— 1662, John Baxter, A Saint Or a Brute […] , page 26:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The money was ____ from the safe during the midnight robbery last night.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was ____ by surprise by the sudden arrival of his old friends who he had not seen for several long years today.