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uptake

up·take
U u

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhp-teyk]
    • /ˈʌpˌteɪk/
    • /ˈʌp.teɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhp-teyk]
    • /ˈʌpˌteɪk/

Definitions of uptake word

  • noun uptake apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake. 1
  • noun uptake an act or instance of taking up; a lifting: the uptake of fertilizer by machines. 1
  • noun uptake Also called take-up. Machinery. a pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air. 1
  • noun uptake Physiology. absorption. 1
  • noun uptake physical: absorption 1
  • noun uptake taking, using 1
See all 13 definitions of uptake

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Origin of uptake

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
1810-20; up- + take; compare take-up

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Parts of speech for Uptake

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Uptake

uptake popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

uptake usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for uptake

noun uptake

  • back-talk — an impudent response; impudence.
  • backchat — the act of answering back, esp impudently
  • metabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
All 3 Synonyms of uptake

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Related words

  • absorption

    The absorption of a liquid, gas, or other substance is the process of it being soaked up or taken in.

  • fire-tube boiler

    any boiler for generating steam by passing hot gases and other combustible products through tubes (fire tubes) immersed in water to a chimney or uptake.

  • fluoxetine hydrochloride

    a white crystalline compound, C 17 H 18 F 3 NO⋅HCl: inhibits the uptake of serotonin and is used chiefly as an antidepressant.

  • offtake

    a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like, to an uptake or downtake.

  • resorption

    the destruction, disappearance, or dissolution of a tissue or part by biochemical activity, as the loss of bone or of tooth dentin.

  • return-flue boiler

    a fire-tube boiler having flues that collect the combustion gases at the end of the boiler opposite the fire door and pass them through the boiler to an uptake above the fire door.
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