Synonyms for TAKEN
ˈteɪ kəntak·en

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1. interpreted, takenadjective

   understood in a certain way; made sense of

   "a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door interpreted as an invitation"

   Synonyms:
   interpreted, taken

   Antonyms:
   unaffected, ununderstood

2. takenadjective

   be affected with an indisposition

   "the child was taken ill"; "couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk"

   Synonyms:
   interpreted

   Antonyms:
   ununderstood, unaffected

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1. takenp.p

   Synonyms:
   charmed, captivated, enamored, fascinated

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1. List of paraphrases for "taken":

   adopted, undertaken, made, take, catch, caught, carried, been, harvest, done, catches, taking, took, assumed, implemented, prise, initiated, conducted, given, introduced, had, pris, brought, borne, captured, held, making, followed

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1. Dutch Migration Minister Klaas Dijkhoff:

   Currently, the temporary border measures can be taken only for a limited period of six months. But the unprecedented influx of asylum seekers, which compelled member states to take these measures nationally, have not decreased yet, so member states invited the (European) Commission to prepare the legal and practical basis for the continuance of temporary border measures through Article 26 of the Schengen border code.

2. Kamala Harris:

   They were kidnapped from their home. They were transported hundreds of miles from there not really sure where they went. And they came to this place of horror, some to die, many to starve and be tortured. Women to be raped before they were then forcibly taken on a journey thousands of miles from their home to be sold by so-called merchants and taken to the Americas to the Caribbean to be an enslaved people.

3. Michael Morrison:

   'Go Set a Watchman' begins with Scout's train ride home, but more profoundly, it is about the journey Harper Lee's beloved characters have taken in the subsequent 20 years of their lives.

4. Crysta Abelseth:

   It’s been a strain, definitely, on my family now because this consumes my life, i’m shook to my core…it has taken a turn that’s unfathomable.

5. De Leon:

   In a way, the pandemic intensified something that was already happening, which was widespread discontent with growing social inequality, what does surprise me is the places where this uprising has taken place.