🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

non preso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nɔn ˈprɛ.zo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Untaken/ʌnˈteɪ.kən/
adjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il posto è rimasto non preso."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not captured, seized, or occupied.

    "The fortress remained untaken despite weeks of relentless siege."
  2. 2

    Not chosen, selected, or accepted; remaining available.

    "Several attractive options were still untaken when it was her turn to choose."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix un- (meaning not, from Old English un-) combined with taken, the past participle of take (from Old Norse taka). The construction emerged in Middle English to denote something that has not been seized, captured, or accepted.

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