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took delight in

took delight in is the simple past of take delight in.

Meaning of take delight in

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To enjoy.

Questions about took delight in

What is took delight in the simple past of?
Took delight in is the simple past of take delight in.

Words near took delight in in the dictionary

  1. took control
  2. took courage
  3. took cover
  4. took credit
  5. took credit for
  6. took delight in
  7. took delivery
  8. took down
  9. took down a notch
  10. took down a peg
  11. took easy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: took delight in (page history and authors); take delight in (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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