Uptake Meaning
/ˈʌpteɪk/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounUnderstanding; comprehension.
nounAbsorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
Sentence Examples
Sometimes Markku is a bit slow on the uptake.
A clever man is always quick in the uptake.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the new vaccine was slow because many people were hesitant.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the new vaccine has been very high, with most of the population receiving it this month today.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1951 January, “Notes and News: New Roof for Cricklewood M.P.D.”, in Railway Magazine, page 67:
"He hearkned to his reason, and the childe
Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare [...]."
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the new vaccine was slow because many people were hesitant.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the new vaccine has been very high, with most of the population receiving it this month today.