taken

Meanings

Verb

• carry out
• require (time or space)
• take somebody somewhere
• get into one's hands, take physically
• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
• take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
• take into one's possession
• travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
• pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
• receive willingly something given or offered
• assume, as of positions or roles
• take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
• require as useful, just, or proper
• experience or feel or submit to
• make a film or photograph of something
• remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
• serve oneself to, or consume regularly
• accept or undergo, often unwillingly
• make use of or accept for some purpose
• take by force
• occupy or take on
• admit into a group or community
• ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
  • "A reading was taken of the earth's tremors"
• be a student of a certain subject
• take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
• head into a specified direction
• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
• be seized or affected in a specified way
  • "be taken drunk"
• have with oneself; have on one's person
• engage for service under a term of contract
• receive or obtain regularly
• buy, select
• to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
• have sex with; archaic use
  • "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable"
• lay claim to; as of an idea
• be designed to hold or take
• be capable of holding or containing
• develop a habit
• proceed along in a vehicle
• obtain by winning
• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
• past participle of take

Adjective Satellite

• understood in a certain way; made sense of
  • "a word taken literally"
  • "a smile taken as consent"
• be affected with an indisposition
  • "the child was taken ill"
  • "couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk"

Adj

• Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
• In a serious romantic relationship.

Synonyms

accept, acquire, admit, adopt, aim, ask, assume, bring, call for, carry, charter, choose, claim, conduct, consider, consume, contain, contract, convey, deal, demand, direct, drive, engage, exact, fill, film, get, get hold of, guide, have, hire, hold, ingest, interpreted, involve, lead, learn, lease, look at, make, necessitate, need, occupy, pack, pick out, postulate, read, remove, rent, require, select, shoot, strike, study, submit, subscribe, subscribe to, take, take aim, take away, take in, take on, take up, train, use up, withdraw

Antonyms

abstain, disclaim, give, obviate, refuse