"uptake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʌpteɪk/, /ʌpˈteɪk/ Audio: en-us-uptake.ogg Forms: uptakes [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uptaken|t=to take up, lift}} Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), {{der|en|enm|upnimen|t=to take up, lift}} Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), {{pre|en|up|take}} up- + take, {{cog|sv|upptaga}} Swedish upptaga Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} uptake (countable and uncountable, plural uptakes)
  1. Understanding; comprehension. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-noun-crwOzK~x Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 5 22 3 26 8 8 11
  2. Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (absorption): felvétel (Hungarian), felszívódás (Hungarian), assorbimento [masculine] (Italian), absorbție [feminine] (Romanian), absorción [feminine] (Spanish), captación [feminine] (Spanish), absorbimiento [masculine] (Spanish), absorbencia [feminine] (Spanish), imbibición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-noun-lxbU5Kbo Disambiguation of 'absorption': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. The act of lifting or taking up. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-noun-ExUPXC1n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 2 41 4 26 11 4 7 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 5 1 35 6 20 21 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 1 44 5 26 9 4 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 1 50 3 28 7 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 5 22 3 26 8 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 2 35 5 26 12 5 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 2 30 5 28 11 5 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 7 1 38 5 24 12 5 7
  4. (dated) A chimney. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-noun-pdCh4mOk
  5. (dated) The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney. Tags: countable, dated, uncountable
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-noun-1jdSyscD Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 1 30 5 37 11 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 5 22 3 26 8 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 2 30 5 28 11 5 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: on the uptake, quick on the uptake, slow on the uptake, reuptake

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʌpteɪk/, /ʌpˈteɪk/ Audio: en-us-uptake.ogg Forms: uptakes [present, singular, third-person], uptaking [participle, present], uptook [past], uptaken [participle, past]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|uptaken|t=to take up, lift}} Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), {{der|en|enm|upnimen|t=to take up, lift}} Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), {{pre|en|up|take}} up- + take, {{cog|sv|upptaga}} Swedish upptaga Head templates: {{en-verb|uptakes|uptaking|uptook|uptaken}} uptake (third-person singular simple present uptakes, present participle uptaking, simple past uptook, past participle uptaken)
  1. (archaic) To take up, to lift. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-verb-9gfokf1K Categories (other): English terms prefixed with up-, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 9 2 21 9 7 37 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 10 2 30 5 28 11 5 9
  2. To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-verb-UwcipmJJ
  3. To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
    Sense id: en-uptake-en-verb-hB9vsQ-0 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 5 22 3 26 8 8 11

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "absorption",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "absorption",
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      "word": "captación"
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      "code": "es",
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}

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        "(archaic) To take up, to lift."
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