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taken
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As an adjective, taken means infatuated.
Meanings of taken
4 meaningsadjective
Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
“He was very taken with the girl, I hear.”
informalIn a serious romantic relationship.
“I can't ask him out, she's taken.”
Understood in a certain way; made sense of
“a word taken literally”
“a smile taken as consent”
“an open door interpreted as an invitation”
Similar: interpretedBe affected with an indisposition
“the child was taken ill”
“couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk”
verb
Past participle of take
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: understood in a certain way; made sense of
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