Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.

    to abduct children

    I was abducted by aliens.

    entführen

    похища́тьpoxiščátʹ, похи́титьpoxítitʹ

  2. (transitive)To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.

    abspreizen, wegziehen

    абду́кцияabdúkcija, отведе́ниеotvedénije

    pull away from the body

Examples

110 sentences

  1. I was abducted by aliens.

    Його викрали інопланетяни. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня похищали инопланетяне. — Selena777

    deIch wurde von Außerirdischen gekidnappt. — enteka

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  2. I was abducted.

    Мене викрали. — deniko

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  3. Tom said aliens had abducted him.

    ruТом сказал, что его похищали инопланетяне. — marafon

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  4. Tom says aliens had abducted Mary.

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  5. Tom says he was abducted by aliens.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to take away:
to draw away from its ordinary position:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to take away:
to draw away from its ordinary position:

Origin

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away

From Latin abductus, perfect passive participle of abduco (“to lead away”), from ab (“away”) + duco (“to lead”).

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Forms

abducts, abducting, abducted, abducted
Base formabduct · to abduct
3rd person singularabducts
Present participleabducting
Past simpleabducted
Past participleabducted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyabduct
he, she, itabducts

Past simpleLesson

all personsabducted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave abducted
he, she, ithas abducted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill abduct

Synonyms

10 synonyms
seizeB1stretchB1carry offkidnaprun away withspirit awaytake awaydrag away
Close in meaning
  • take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom:kidnapnobblesnatch

Antonyms

3 antonyms
adductreinstaterestoreB1

Word family

7 related words
Relatedabduceabducentabductionabductor
Derivedabducteeabductivehyperabduct

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • abducted by aliens
  • been abducted by
  • had been abducted

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
abdicateabdomenabdominalabductionabductoraberrationC2abet

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