taken
understood in a certain way; made sense of
How often you will meet it
Rank 291 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 72,855 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.035% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- understood in a certain way; made sense of also: interpreted a word taken literallya smile taken as consent
- be affected with an indisposition the child was taken illcouldn't tell when he would be taken drunk
taken in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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All of these tales are incorporated into this e-book taken from an 1801 edition.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The crew captain and the foot-ball captain are almost inevitably taken for Skull and Bones.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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A day will be spent here, and leaving in the evening, the course will be taken towards Athens.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 01 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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These ladies, Miss Gascoigne and Miss Grey, had neither called upon nor taken the least notice of Miss Oakley.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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The teacher may, however, follow his own judgment as to the order in which the poems should be taken up in class.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1