TAKEN UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

taken up

verb

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of taken up Cody pointed out the woman who had taken up an uncomfortable perch on a barstool. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 Judging from this album, a lot of grim topics have taken up residence there. — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026 The festival has taken up the mantle of the World of Faeries Festival, which successfully ran for 19 years and ended in 2023. — Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 Springer had by then dropped Lowden and taken up with Brumetti. — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026 Much of the available living space is taken up by an open living/kitchen area. — Adam Williams july 12, New Atlas, 13 July 2026 That deal included a £25million ($33m) option to make the move permanent, which was not taken up by Everton. — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Similar incidents, like the explosion of SpaceX's Falcon 9 at LC-40 in 2016, have taken up to twice as long to recover from. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 June 2026 The first issue taken up by the appeals court was whether the district court should have granted the UPEPA special motion filed by Adam, Austin and Arica. — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for taken up

Verb

In the final of the 2014 edition, Germany lifted its fourth title after a 1-0 extra-time win against Lionel Messi's Argentina.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Evacuation orders have been lifted for a wildfire that ignited east of Mountain Ranch in Calaveras County on Thursday, officials said.

— Brandon Downs, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of lifted

Verb

If the dollar retained roughly its present purchasing power, a quadrillion-dollar valuation would mean bitcoin had absorbed a significant portion of global capital.

— Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Charter took over the two channels in 2016, when the company absorbed Time Warner Cable.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of absorbed

Verb

Housing wealth is a large part of that disconnect as decades of appreciation left many older homeowners sitting on valuable properties without the home equity itself materializing as income, unless it’s sold or borrowed against.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Abdeen guessed that they were drawn to the familiar symbols that the Masons borrowed from what the French had dubbed the Orient, such as the tarboosh, a brimless and tasselled hat.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of borrowed

Verb

That sentiment illustrates a central tension raised by many of the actors who shared their stories with CNN.

— Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Rights groups have raised concerns about the treatment of migrants and asylum seekers in Tunisia since the EU agreement, including reports of collective expulsions, racial violence, arbitrary detention and abuses against Black migrants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of raised

Verb

Since that moment, local officials have adopted a number of changes including a new fare enforcement program to improve security and a new fare policy to streamline the ticketing process.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
Because it is intended to work with existing production processes, the technology could potentially be adopted without requiring an entirely new battery manufacturing ecosystem.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of adopted

Verb

Republicans have embraced the normative aspects of gay rights.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Risto Siltanen, Reijo Ruotsalainen and Janne Niinimaa were brilliant and mistake-prone defenders from the nation who played in the NHL; all found their way to Edmonton and were embraced by a fanbase obsessed with offence.

— Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of embraced

Verb

Trump has publicly stepped back from efforts to make diplomatic progress with Iran, facing deadlocked attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and intensifying questions about the toll an unpopular war has taken on the US military.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
This picture taken on July 8, 2009, shows prisoner Sunao Takami (right) with police in Osaka.

— CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026