Definitions for taken
ˈteɪ kəntak·en

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1. interpreted, taken(adj)

   understood in a certain way; made sense of

   "a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door interpreted as an invitation"

2. taken(adj)

   be affected with an indisposition

   "the child was taken ill"; "couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk"

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1. taken(Adjective)

   Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.

   He was very taken with the girl, I hear.

2. taken(Adjective)

   In a monoamorous relationship

   I can't ask her out, she's taken.

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1. Taken

   p. p. of Take

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1. Taken

   Taken, also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Taken, is a science fiction miniseries which first aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2002 and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, it was written by Leslie Bohem, and directed by Breck Eisner, Félix Enríquez Alcalá, John Fawcett, Tobe Hooper, Jeremy Paul Kagan, Michael Katleman, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Bryan Spicer, Jeff Woolnough and Thomas J. Wright. The executive producers were Leslie Bohem and Steven Spielberg. The show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation by the aliens; and the Clarkes, who sheltered one of the surviving aliens from the crash. As a result of the decades-long storyline, not a single actor or character appears in every episode of the series. Reception was positive, and the series won an Emmy Award. When the show was launched, the Sci-Fi Channel used the simultaneous establishment of the organization Coalition for Freedom of Information in its promotion campaign. Both the Sci-Fi Channel and the Coalition for Freedom of Information are clients of Washington, D.C. public relations firm PodestaMattoon, and this apparent co-mingling of clients was criticized. The Coalition for Freedom of Information is a group which seeks the release of classified governmental UFO files as well as scientific, congressional, and media credibility for the study of this subject.

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1. taken

   A form of the word take.

   The seat on the bus is taken each morning by a person who travels to a specific location.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 24, 2021  

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1. taken

   Song lyrics by taken -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by taken on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'taken' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #231

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'taken' in Written Corpus Frequency: #399

How to pronounce taken?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of taken in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of taken in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of taken in a Sentence

1. Katherine Zimmerman:

   There are certain areas in eastern Yemen that are way outside the current conflict … and that’s the ungoverned space AQAP has taken advantage of.

2. Omar Everleny:

   I just hope the measures that need to be taken in parallel to this (monetary reform) to increase production and services will be approved in a short time period.

3. Mark Hertling:

   The road to Mosul is going to be long and difficult, there's got to be a lot of other bases taken for the Iraqi security forces to go north.

4. State John Kerry:

   There was agreement that Syria should be a unified country, united, that it needs to be secular, that ISIL( Islamic State) needs to be taken on, and that there needs to be a managed transition.

5. Kim Kang-won:

   If the recent investigation was done properly, then pretty much everyone on the island should've been taken to the police station and charged, the whole village knew about it. The local government office, and the police as well. It is clear negligence. And the problem hasn't been resolved yet.

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