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taken

58 3.9

Understood in a certain way

adjective
/ˈteɪkən/

: 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

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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

understood

vstaken

28 5.1

Accepted without being said or written

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

interpreted

vstaken

14 3.7

Seen or explained in a certain way

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

Idioms

taken with

Informal

21 7.1

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

taken for granted

Informal

3.7

To expect something to last and not care about it

Compounds

drink taken

1 8.4

A person who has had alcohol and acts or feels different

How Interpreted

understood

28 5.1

taken

58 3.9

to read

329 2.9

misunderstood

53 3.7

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.