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Many of our lives are centered on taking care of the needs of everyone around us aside from ourselves. It wanders about a third of the time while a person is reading, talking with other people, or taking care of children. Keep yourself busy by taking the time to figure out what it is that you love.
TAKING definition: the act of a person or thing that takes. See examples of taking used in a sentence.
- Capturing interest; fetching: a taking smile. 2. Contagious; catching. Used of an infectious disease.
“Taken” and “taking” come from the same verb, but they serve very different grammar roles. The key difference lies in tense, function, and sentence structure. Understanding how the verb “take” changes form helps you choose the correct word confidently in everyday English, formal writing, and exams.
adjective very attractive; capturing interest “something inexpressibly taking in his manner” synonyms: fetching, winning attractive pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm
“Taken” is used with passive sentences, plus with present and past perfect, whereas “taking” is used with continuous tenses or as a noun to refer to the act of “taking” something.