uptake
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English uptaken, equivalent to up- + take.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
uptake (plural uptakes)
- understanding, comprehension
- absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism
- (dated) a chimney
Derived terms[edit]
- quick or slow on the uptake
Verb[edit]
uptake (third-person singular simple present uptakes, present participle uptakeing, simple past and past participle uptakeed)
- (archaic) To take up, to lift.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:
- He hearkned to his reason, and the childe / Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.ii:
