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taken after

taken after is the past participle of take after.

Meaning of take after

Verb

take after (third-person singular simple present takes after, present participle taking after, simple past took after, past participle taken after)

  1. To resemble (a parent or ancestor) in appearance or habit.
    • She takes after her grandmother with her wide eyes and quiet disposition.
  2. To follow someone's example.

Questions about taken after

What is taken after the past participle of?
Taken after is the past participle of take after.

Words near taken after in the dictionary

  1. taken aback
  2. taken account of
  3. taken across
  4. taken action
  5. taken advantage of
  6. taken after
  7. taken aim
  8. taken air
  9. taken aloft
  10. taken an l
  11. taken apart

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken after (page history and authors); take after (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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