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They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts.
Joshua Sylvester

Meaning of "forsaken" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORSAKEN

forsaken  [fəˈseɪkən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORSAKEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Forsaken is a verb and can also act as an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb forsaken in English.

WHAT DOES FORSAKEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of forsaken in the English dictionary

The definition of forsaken in the dictionary is completely deserted or helpless; abandoned.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FORSAKEN

PRESENT

Present
I forsake
you forsake
he/she/it forsakes
we forsake
you forsake
they forsake
Present continuous
I am forsaking
you are forsaking
he/she/it is forsaking
we are forsaking
you are forsaking
they are forsaking
Present perfect
I have forsaken
you have forsaken
he/she/it has forsaken
we have forsaken
you have forsaken
they have forsaken
Present perfect continuous
I have been forsaking
you have been forsaking
he/she/it has been forsaking
we have been forsaking
you have been forsaking
they have been forsaking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I forsook
you forsook
he/she/it forsook
we forsook
you forsook
they forsook
Past continuous
I was forsaking
you were forsaking
he/she/it was forsaking
we were forsaking
you were forsaking
they were forsaking
Past perfect
I had forsaken
you had forsaken
he/she/it had forsaken
we had forsaken
you had forsaken
they had forsaken
Past perfect continuous
I had been forsaking
you had been forsaking
he/she/it had been forsaking
we had been forsaking
you had been forsaking
they had been forsaking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will forsake
you will forsake
he/she/it will forsake
we will forsake
you will forsake
they will forsake
Future continuous
I will be forsaking
you will be forsaking
he/she/it will be forsaking
we will be forsaking
you will be forsaking
they will be forsaking
Future perfect
I will have forsaken
you will have forsaken
he/she/it will have forsaken
we will have forsaken
you will have forsaken
they will have forsaken
Future perfect continuous
I will have been forsaking
you will have been forsaking
he/she/it will have been forsaking
we will have been forsaking
you will have been forsaking
they will have been forsaking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would forsaken
you would forsaken
he/she/it would forsaken
we would forsaken
you would forsaken
they would forsaken
Conditional continuous
I would be forsaking
you would be forsaking
he/she/it would be forsaking
we would be forsaking
you would be forsaking
they would be forsaking
Conditional perfect
I would have forsaken
you would have forsaken
he/she/it would have forsaken
we would have forsaken
you would have forsaken
they would have forsaken
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been forsaking
you would have been forsaking
he/she/it would have been forsaking
we would have been forsaking
you would have been forsaking
they would have been forsaking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you forsake
we let´s forsake
you forsake
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to forsake
Past participle
forsaken
Present Participle
forsaking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORSAKEN


Aiken
ˈeɪkən
awaken
əˈweɪkən
bacon
ˈbeɪkən
betaken
bɪˈteɪkən
caretaken
ˈkɛəˌteɪkən
chawbacon
ˈtʃɔːˌbeɪkən
godforsaken
ˈɡɒdfəˌseɪkən
Jamaican
dʒəˈmeɪkən
Macon
ˈmeɪkən
mistaken
mɪˈsteɪkən
overtaken
ˌəʊvəˈteɪkən
reawaken
ˌriːəˈweɪkən
rewaken
ˌriːˈweɪkən
shaken
ˈʃeɪkən
taken
ˈteɪkən
undertaken
ˌʌndəˈteɪkən
unforsaken
ˌʌnfəˈseɪkən
unshaken
ʌnˈʃeɪkən
untaken
ʌnˈteɪkən
waken
ˈweɪkən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORSAKEN

forsake
forsakenly
forsakenness
forsaker
forsay
forslack
forslow
forsook
forsooth
forspeak
forspend
forspent
forspoke
forspoken
Forster
forsterite
forswatt
forswear
forswearer
forswink

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORSAKEN

broken
by the same token
chicken
drucken
drunken
Hoboken
Interlaken
ken
kraken
oaken
outspoken
partaken
retaken
spoken
starken
stocktaken
to be sadly mistaken
token
trocken
weaken

Synonyms and antonyms of forsaken in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FORSAKEN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «forsaken» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of forsaken

Translation of «forsaken» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORSAKEN

Find out the translation of forsaken to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of forsaken from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «forsaken» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

离弃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

abandonado
570 millions of speakers

English

forsaken
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

छोड़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منبوذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оставил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abandonado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরিত্যক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

abandonné
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ditinggalkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verlassen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

見捨てられた
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

버림
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ditinggal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chối bỏ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கைவிட்டார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोडून दिले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

terkedilmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

abbandonato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opuszczony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

залишив
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

părăsit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγκατέλειψες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verlaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

övergiven
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forlatt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of forsaken

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORSAKEN»

The term «forsaken» is quite widely used and occupies the 30.725 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORSAKEN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «forsaken» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «forsaken» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about forsaken

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8 QUOTES WITH «FORSAKEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word forsaken.
1
Isabel Allende
I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
2
Matthew Arnold
Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!
3
Harry Browne
It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.
4
Jim Diamond
Hey bands, you're all welcome to fly me to some exotic location and I'll record you there, Y'know that right? You don't have to come to this God forsaken place. Hope I can visit you all in Australia one of these days that would be hot! We'll talk again soon.
5
Vincent Van Gogh
In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing.
6
Matthew Simpson
If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!
7
Joshua Sylvester
They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts.
8
Thomas Wolfe
All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORSAKEN»

Discover the use of forsaken in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to forsaken and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Forsaken: The Forsaken Trilogy
Choose a tribe. Watch your back. And don’t stop running. Filled with thrilling adventure and romance, The Forsaken is praised by EntertainmentWeekly.com as “a fast-paced novel [that] you’ll get sucked into.
Lisa M. Stasse, 2012
2
Forsaken: Fall of Angels
"Now freed from the nightmares, something about Jessica has changed.
Keary Taylor, 2010
3
A Nation Forsaken: EMP: The Escalating Threat of an American ...
"A Nation Forsaken" breaks down that threat.
Michael Maloof, 2013
4
Forsaken
When Simon Mason, the world's best-known televangelist, receives threats from Muslim terrorists, he hires Taylor Pasbury, a beautiful former Secret Service agent, to take charge of his security.
James David Jordan, 2008
5
Forsaken: The Trinity and the Cross, and Why It Matters
McCall revisits the biblical texts and surveys the various interpretations of Jesus’ cry, ranging from early church theologians to the Reformation to contemporary theologians.
Thomas H. McCall, 2012
6
Forsaken: The Menstruant in Medieval Jewish Mysticism
A fascinating analysis of why there are no female mystics in medieval Judaism
Sharon Faye Koren, 2011
7
The Forsaken: An American Tragedy in Stalin's Russia
This book is the story of lives-the forsaken who died and those who survived. Based on groundbreaking research, The Forsaken is the story of Americans whose dreams were shattered and lives lost in Stalinist Russia.
Tim Tzouliadis, 2008
8
Assassin's Creed: Forsaken
Fans of the game will love these stories. Other titles in the series include Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin's Creed: The Secret Crusade, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations.
Oliver Bowden, 2012
9
Forsaken Females: The Global Brutalization of Women
This book also addresses the physical, emotional, and economic impact of such violence, and each chapter concludes with examples of promising policies and practices developed to address and reduce violence against women. Book jacket.
Andrea Parrot, Nina Cummings, 2006
10
Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965
The book provides many insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political ...
Mark Moyar, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORSAKEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term forsaken is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Local veterans honored at luncheon
"They're never forgotten, never forsaken as the Elks would say," Elks Exalted Ruler Bill Pittman said. "Sometimes we get involved in our lives ... «WGEM, Jul 15»
2
'The Last Pilot' by Benjamin Johncock
... and beaten by the relentless salt winds that howled in off the Atlantic, forsaken by God to man for the testing of dangerous new endeavors.”. «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
3
We're not all right, Jack
On 'Christian' Malta he was “despised and forsaken of men”. That's Biblical, incidentally – Isaiah 53: 3. Seeing him lose his spectacles was ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
4
Pontoon Drownings: Pleas for safety as the legacy of five lives lost
In the opening prayer for Donald and Mark Swinney's services, Pastor Anthony Milton asked their loved ones to remember that God had not forsaken them. «WAVE 3, Jul 15»
5
FULL TEXT “Cross the Jordan. Don't Retreat”
He heard Christ's agonizing cry, 'My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?' (Mark 15:34). But he looked again, and beheld Him coming ... «Adventist News Network, Jul 15»
6
Auburn alum Ace Atkins to release fifth installment in crime series
In this particular book, a year and a half after the fourth novel in the series, “The Forsaken,” protagonist Quinn Colson finds himself at a ... «Opelika Auburn News, Jul 15»
7
What Video Game Character Deserves His/Her Own Spin-Off …
... an excellent main character in an action role-playing game depicting her life, from early childhood to the leader of the Forsaken she is now. «GameSpot, Jul 15»
8
Chandimal fifty lifts Sri Lanka to 255
A lot riding on this game let's see how it pans out! since Pakistan for some odd reason has forsaken last two months of experimentation for tried ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
9
Med school crazy, but I'm crazier
Many will say that only crazy people will attempt to change this God-forsaken country, stamp out those unjust structures set by the mighty hands ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
10
The joy of divine design in marriage
for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves, broken ... «The Killeen Daily Herald, Jul 15»

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