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taken

taken

3.9
Understood in a certain way
  • adjective
  • /ˈteɪkən/
translation icon : interpretado
  • His comments were taken as an endorsement of the new policy.

is really well taken. And that is when

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Examples

  • These are meant to be taken as saying the same thing.

  • I didn't know if it would be taken well by my clients.

  • is really well taken. And that is when

    Julian Dorey

  • Like I was immediately taken back there to that.

  • So this limit is being taken as N approaches Infinity.

  • On the tarmac search on and off the planes taken aside really badly.

  • But this like conspirituality that seems to have taken as its HQ.

  • But she's just concerned she's taken the wrong path.

  • These statements should be taken to mean that everyone is included.

  • The results of the survey are taken to reflect the views of the majority.

Synonyms

interpreted
vstaken
3.7

Seen or explained in a certain way

is focused on reading meaning from the surrounding context rather than general assignment
understood
vstaken
5.1

Accepted without being said or written

is about reading meaning from context rather than implicit or assumed sense

Idioms

taken for granted
  • Informal
23 3.7

To expect something to last and not care about it

taken with
  • Informal
16 7.1

Feeling a strong liking for someone or something, often very quickly

Compounds

drink taken
8.4

A person who has had alcohol and acts or feels different

How Interpreted

taken
3.9
to read
783 2.9

Surface Forms

taken positive

Morphology

taken = take (transparent) = take + en

This is the past participle of 'take' used adjectivally to mean 'interpreted/understood as', which is directly derivable from 'take' in the sense 'to regard/interpret'.

Etymology

Taken comes from the common verb take, which means 'to accept' or 'to get'. That's why if a remark is taken as a joke, people 'accept' or 'understand' it in that way.