Adopt and Taken

Adopt

Adopt verb - To take for one's own use (something originated by another).

Taken is a synonym for adopt. In some cases you can replace term "Taken" with "Adopt", this verbs are similar.

Taken

Taken adjective - Understood in a certain way; made sense of.
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Synonyms for Taken

Adopt is a synonym for taken. Sometimes you can use "Adopt" instead a verb "Taken".

Nearby Words: take, taking

Both words in one sentence

  • Power Copying Hana from Gate 7 is described as "Not" and therefore "Everything is taken in" meaning that zhe can adopt opponents' techniques as offense or defense as zhe likes.
    Source: Power Copying
  • Literature / Alex Rider Taken to its logical extreme in Skeleton Key where the villain more or less tries to adopt him and treats him like his now-dead biological son, after Alex ends up getting captured.
  • Literature / Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Blatant Lies: After the ministry is taken over by Voldemort, they quickly adopt a strictly anti-Muggle policy, even setting up Inquisition-style hearings for Muggle-borns.
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