uptake

CEFRB2

/ˈʌpteɪk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The process of taking in or accepting something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.

Examples

  • A clever man is always quick in the uptake.

  • Sometimes Markku is a bit slow on the uptake.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Also pronounced

  • /ʌpˈteɪk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of lifting or taking up.

  2. Understanding; comprehension.

  3. A chimney.

More examples

In context

  • He hearkned to his reason, and the childe Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare [...].

  • The design provides for continuous smoke troughs of reinforced concrete, vented by circular uptakes, and the turntable area will be covered, using precast reinforced concrete bars down both sides of each track.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).