- past tense form of take.
verb
Usage
And is tooken in the dictionary? Tooken is not listed as a word in this dictionary. It’s not used as the standard past tense of the irregular verb take, which is took (My mother took my brother to the zoo), or as the participle form of take, which is taken (My mother had not taken my brother to the zoo before yesterday). Some people may use tooken as a nonstandard combination of these forms, perhaps intending to be humorous. (General note: Just because a word doesn’t appear in the dictionary doesn’t necessarily mean it’s “not a word.” Some people may use it, and if enough people eventually start using it, it may be added to the dictionary.)Do you know: Is learnt a word?
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Example Sentences
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For the first two months I took Wegovy, I was really reluctant to tell anybody.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
A "fundamental irregularity" also took place while the jury was sequestered that "fatally undermined the integrity of the verdicts", he argued, without giving further details.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We took full advantage of the ceasefire period,” Revolutionary Guard spokesman Brig.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Years later, Iyengar took another look at data he had collected with Manoj Tripathi, a co-corresponding author with the University of Sussex and now at South Dakota Mines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
She’d complimented my first shaky stitch and made me feel like I did belong here, no matter how long it took me to get through the forest path or how many verb charts I needed.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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