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. Lauren Akins:

   I was, like, so moved. I mean, the second I touched her, it was, like, electric, i was like, Oh my word. This little girl has just taken my heart. I was like, Honey, weve gotta find her, her forever home. Like, I know thats why Im here is to get this girl to her home.

2. Kenneth Nail:

   Nikki Haley announced. Since then, at least 60 public Confederate symbols have been removed since the 2015 church shooting, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Most recently, the city of St. Louis, Mo., removed a Confedearte monument -- a 32-foot-tall granite column with a bronze sculpture -- from a park. Complicating the debate for those opposed to these moves is the involvement of hate groups like the KKK. The group is planning a rally for July 8 following a decision by the city council in Charlottesville, Va., to remove a statue of Gen. Lee Park and rename Lee Park. Meanwhile, in April, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu ordered the removal of multiple Confederate statues. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu received brutal backlash and was forced to have heavy police presence in place when the nighttime removals began. Despite threats that people would boycott New Orleans, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu did not back down. These statues are not just stone and metal, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a highly lauded speech after the last Confederate statue had been taken down. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional, sanitized Confederacy ; ignoring the death, ignoring the enslavement and the terror that it actually stood for. But to others, like Kenneth Nail Nail, it’s not about oppression. To us, it’s not a hate thing. It’s a heritage thing and what we like to do is celebrate everyone's struggles : the blacks, the whites, the north and south.

3. Brian Humphrey:

   Handing the badly injured and nearly lifeless siblings from zero visibility conditions within to waiting colleagues outside, the firefighter was able to escape unharmed before the room spiraled to a temperature that would have assuredly taken the children’s lives.

4. Stephanie Grisham:

   She recognizes it's a complex issue, she definitely believes in strong border laws. She wants to make sure the kids are well taken care of.

5. Zabihullah Amani:

   The passengers, all our Hazara brothers, were traveling towards the city center when their van was stopped by the Taliban and taken away, we have launched an operation to free them but it didn't help, so now the elders are trying to free them.

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