TAKEN
What does "TAKEN" mean?
The past participle of 'take'; seized, accepted, or occupied.
Meanings
- Past participle of 'take' - to have grasped, removed, or accepted something. The medicine should be taken with food.
- Already claimed, occupied, or in a committed relationship. Sorry, that seat is taken. informal
- Charmed or captivated by someone or something (usually 'taken with'). She was quite taken with the little stone cottage.
Did you know?
- 'Take' is a Viking import: Old Norse 'taka' muscled out the native Old English verb 'niman', making 'taken' one of countless everyday English words we owe to Norse settlers.
Word origin
Past participle of 'take', from Old Norse 'taka' meaning 'to grasp, lay hold of', which displaced the Old English 'niman' in Middle English.
Remember it
TAKEN = TAKE + N, the finished form of taking - the 'N' is the last hand closing on it.
A little poem
What's taken leaves a shape behind, a notch-
the empty chair still keeps the room's whole watch.
couplet
What it teaches
What is taken is never simply gone; it leaves the exact shape of its absence.
Quick facts
What does TAKEN mean?
The past participle of 'take'; seized, accepted, or occupied.
Is TAKEN a valid word?
Yes — TAKEN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TAKEN?
TAKEN has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does TAKEN come from?
Past participle of 'take', from Old Norse 'taka' meaning 'to grasp, lay hold of', which displaced the Old English 'niman' in Middle English.
What can TAKEN teach us?
What is taken is never simply gone; it leaves the exact shape of its absence.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.