Meaning

1 senses

  1. To take prisoner

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Tom has been taken captive.

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  2. Greece, conquered, took captive her savage conqueror.

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  3. And their children and wives they took captive.

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  4. Siberians do not surrender to their captors, but they are not taken captive anyway.

    ruСибиряки в плен не сдаются, но и в плен не берут. — odexed

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  5. Ziri took the children captive.

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Forms

takes captive, taking captive, took captive, taken captive
Base formtake captive · to take captive
3rd person singulartakes captive
Present participletaking captive
Past simpletook captive
Past participletaken captive

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake captive
he, she, ittakes captive

Past simpleLesson

all personstook captive

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken captive
he, she, ithas taken captive

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take captive

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout
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