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No. 12,001 in French

tirée

"Tirée" means "pulled," "drawn," or "taken," depending on context.

In a sentence

  • Elle a tirée une vieille chaise du placard.

    She pulled an old chair from the closet.

    Here, 'tirée' is used as the past participle of the verb 'tirer,' matching the feminine subject 'elle' and showing action performed by pulling.

  • La leçon tirée de cette histoire est précieuse.

    The lesson drawn from this story is valuable.

    In this case, 'tirée' is employed metaphorically to mean 'drawn or derived,' referring to conclusions or lessons extracted from an example or story.

  • L'image est tirée d'un célèbre tableau.

    The image is taken from a famous painting.

    Here, 'tirée' signifies 'taken' and is used to show that something has been derived or sourced from another work.

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