TAKEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does taken mean? 

• TAKEN (adjective)
  The adjective TAKEN has 2 senses:

1. understood in a certain way; made sense of

2. be affected with an indisposition

  Familiarity information: TAKEN used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Understood in a certain way; made sense of

Synonyms:

interpreted; taken

Context example:

an open door interpreted as an invitation

Similar:

understood (fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be affected with an indisposition

Context example:

couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk

Similar:

affected (acted upon; influenced)

 Context examples 

A vaccine made from immune system cells taken from a patient with prostate cancer and frozen for future use.

(APC8015F, NCI Dictionary)

A type of vaccine that is usually made from a patient's own tumor cells or from substances taken from tumor cells.

(Antineoplastic Vaccine, NCI Dictionary)

He knew it as though it had taken place before his eyes.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride is taken up by cells, including cancer cells, and then exposed to certain types of light, it becomes active and kills the cells.

(Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A procedure in which blood is collected, part of the blood such as platelets or white blood cells is taken out, and the rest of the blood is returned to the donor.

(Apheresis, NCI Dictionary)

In that case I think that it is probable that no further steps may be taken.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I hope we shall always think the acquaintance worth any trouble that might be taken to establish it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

When aminolevulinic acid is taken up by cells, including cancer cells, and then exposed to certain types of light, it becomes active and kills the cells.

(Aminolevulinic acid, NCI Dictionary)

Taken from different individuals of the same species.

(Allogeneic, NCI Dictionary)

A form of Actinex that is taken by mouth is being studied in the treatment of prostate cancer.

(Actinex, NCI Dictionary)