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eaten

EE-tuhn/ˈiːtn̩/

2 meanings of eaten

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past participle of eat. Use it after have, has, or had to talk about food already taken in.

    By noon she had eaten everything on her plate.

    The cookies were eaten before the guests arrived.

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  2. 2
    adjectivein compounds
    Taken in as food.

    She stared at her barely eaten lunch and sighed.

    The half-eaten pizza was still warm on the counter.

    Similarconsumed

    Oppositeuneaten, untouched

    Note

eaten is a form of eat

eat, verb: To put food in your mouth and swallow it, or to have a meal. Full entry

Forms
eateats he/she/iteating -ing formate past tenseeaten past participle
Spelling
eat → eaten: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

This is the past participle of "eat." It comes from Old English eten.