Definitions of uptake [ˈʌpˌteɪk]

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Definition of 'uptake'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) uptake
mental grasp:
quick on the uptake.

2.  uptake
an act or instance of taking up.

3.  uptake
a pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air.

4.  uptake
the absorption of substances, as nutrients, by the tissues.

Etymology: (1810–20)

Definition of 'uptake'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

2. (noun) uptake
a process of taking up or using up or consuming
"they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids"

Definition of 'uptake'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) uptake
the pipe leading upward from the smoke box of a steam boiler to the chimney, or smokestack; a flue leading upward

2. (noun) uptake
understanding; apprehension

3. (verb) uptake
to take into the hand; to take up; to help

Translation of 'uptake'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: quick or slow to understand She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.
Afrikaans: verstand	Arabic: فَهْم، إدراك	Bulgarian: бързо схващащ
Brazilian: aprendizado	Czech: rychle/pomalu chápavý	German: schnelles/langsames Auffa
Danish: (hurtig) i vendingen	Greek: αντίληψη	Spanish: que las pilla al vuelo, q
Estonian: kiire taibuga, pika taibu	Farsi: دارای فهم سریع یا کند	Finnish: nopeaälyinen, hidasälyine
French: avoir/n'avoir pas l'espri	Hebrew: מַהִיר/קְשֵה תְפִיסָה	Hindi: समझने में सुस्त या तेज
Croatian: shvaćanje	Hungarian: gyors felfogású	Indonesian: cepat, lambat mengerti
Icelandic: skilningur; vera fljótur	Italian: (essere pronto/lento di c	Japanese: 理解が早い[]
Korean: 이해가 빠르다(더디다)	Lithuanian: pagavus, nuovokus, nepaga	Latvian: apķērīgs; atjautīgs
Malay: cepat tangkap	Dutch: vlug, traag van begrip	Norwegian: snar/sein i vendingen
Polish: szybko/powoli chwytający	Persian: دارای فهم سریع یا کند	Pashto: پوهیدونکی
Portuguese: aprendizado	Romanian: a gândi/a înţelege repede	Russian: быстро, медленно сообража
Slovak: rýchlo / pomaly chápavý	Slovenian: hitre/ počasne pameti	Serbian: kapirati
Swedish: fatta snabbt/långsamt	Thai: การเข้าใจ	Turkish: çabuk/yavaş kavrayan
Taiwanese: 領悟力	Ukrainian: швидко (повільно) збагнут	Urdu: سمجھ ، فہم
Vietnamese: trí thông minh, sự hiểu b	Chinese: 理解力，领悟力
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