Uptake
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈʌpteɪk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Uptake is a noun meaning Understanding; comprehension.
Meaning
Understanding; comprehension.
More Meanings
- Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
- The act of lifting or taking up.
- To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
- To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
- (dated) A chimney.
- (dated) The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
- (archaic) To take up, to lift.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- uptakes
- uptaking
- uptook
- uptaken
Synonyms for uptake
Depending on context, synonyms include consumption, intake, ingestion.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include consumption, intake, ingestion, entry, take-up, turnout.
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