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taken

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈteɪ.kn̩/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aekntStarts with TEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Captured, accepted, occupied, or no longer available.

Word origin

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.

Used in a sentence

  • He was very taken with the girl, I hear.
  • I can't ask her out, she's taken.
  • No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01No longer available5 letters
02Already occupied5 letters

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