TAKEN UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

taken up

verb

Definition of taken up next

past participle of take up

as in lifted

to move from a lower to a higher place or position please take up the blanket so I can look underneath it

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as in absorbed

to take in (something liquid) through small openings the soil was so dry that the plant seemed to take up the much-needed water instantly

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as in borrowed

to take for one's own use (something originated by another) one cluster of fans started chanting the team name of the champions, and the crowd quickly took up the cry

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Recent Examples of taken up The idea was then taken up by other Scottish scholars, including James Frazer, whose widely read compendium The Golden Bough (1890) attempted to establish cross-cultural parallels in mythology. —

Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 2 May 2026 That bill was expected to be taken up by the House. —

John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026 Most of the ground floor's space is taken up by the kitchen, which occupies the center of the home. —

Adam Williams april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026 With airfares and fees on the rise, consumers still can make choices that determine how much of their travel budgets will get taken up by paying to get to and from their destinations. —

ABC News, 18 Apr. 2026 An almost identical policy was originally taken up during a lengthy Plymouth Select Board meeting in January. —

Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026 Politics consequently occupies much of the space for leftists that is usually taken up by family, religion, career and community for conservatives. —

Bradley Gitz, Arkansas Online, 23 Mar. 2026 History of Wimberley Established as a trading post by settlers in 1848, the area was previously home to Native Americans and later frequented by Spanish conquistadors who had taken up in nearby San Antonio. —

Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026 Since the 2022 Games in Beijing, the Chinese government announced that around 313 million people had taken up ice and snow sports, or related leisure activities. —

Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026

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In the five-minute work, Pau employs snippets lifted from government newsreels, most notably footage of a swimming contest held at Victoria Harbor in the 1960s showing throngs of Hong Kong citizens launching themselves into the ocean and paddling enthusiastically.

— Pauline J. Yao, Artforum, 2 May 2026
At one point, the 4-year-old lifted the blanket, exposing his bare stomach, and Berrios-Otero’s hand could allegedly be seen appearing to be below the child’s stomach area, an investigator wrote in the warrant affidavits.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2026