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taken the meaning

taken the meaning is the past participle of take the meaning.

Meaning of take the meaning

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To interpret someone's argument.
    Synonyms:
    get the meaning

Questions about taken the meaning

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

Words near taken the meaning in the dictionary

  1. taken the law into one's own hands
  2. taken the lead
  3. taken the liberty
  4. taken the long view
  5. taken the mask off
  6. taken the meaning
  7. taken the Michael
  8. taken the mick
  9. taken the mickey
  10. taken the micky
  11. taken the offensive

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Adapted from Wiktionary: taken the meaning (page history and authors); take the meaning (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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