Definition of Taken Up in English :

Define Taken Up in English

Taken Up meaning in English

Meaning of Taken Up in English

Pronunciation of Taken Up in English

Taken Up pronunciation in English

Pronounce Taken Up in English

Taken Up

see synonyms of taken up

Adjective

1. haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up

having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

Example Sentences:
'became more and more haunted by the stupid riddle'
'was absolutely obsessed with the girl'
'got no help from his wife who was preoccupied with the children'
'he was taken up in worry for the old woman'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Taken Up

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verb (adverb, mainly tr)
1. 
to adopt the study, practice, or activity of
to take up gardening
2. Australian and New Zealand
to occupy and break in (uncultivated land)
he took up some hundreds of acres in the back country
3. 
to shorten (a garment or part of a garment)
she took all her skirts up three inches
4. 
to pay off (a note, mortgage, etc)
5. 
to agree to or accept (an invitation, etc)
6. 
to pursue further or resume (something)
he took up French where he left off
7. 
to absorb (a liquid)
8. 
to adopt as a protégé; act as a patron to
9. 
to occupy or fill (space or time)
10. 
to interrupt, esp in order to contradict or criticize
11.  take up on
12.  take up with
noun take-up
13. 
a. 
the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
b. 
(as modifier)
the take-up rate
14. machinery
the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
15. (modifier)
denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
a take-up spool on a tape recorder
noun
1. 
the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
a major campaign to increase the take-up of welfare benefits
2. 
the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
a measure of the take-up of cable
modifier
3. 
of or relating to the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available
the take-up rate
4. 
denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
a take-up spool on a tape recorder

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Taken Up

see synonyms of taken up
1. 
to raise; lift
2. 
to make tighter or shorter
3. 
to pay off; recover by buying (a mortgage, note, etc.)
4. 
to absorb (a liquid)
5. 
to accept (a challenge, bet, etc.)
6. 
to assume protection or custody of
7. 
to interrupt in disapproval or rebuke
with on
8. 
to resume (something interrupted)
9. 
a. 
to become interested in or devoted to (an occupation, study, hobby, belief, etc.)
b. 
to adopt (an idea)
10. 
to occupy or fill (space or time)

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