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uptake

[ uhp-teyk ]

noun

  1. apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp:

    quick on the uptake.

  2. an act or instance of taking up; a lifting:

    the uptake of fertilizer by machines.

  3. Also called take-up. Machinery. a pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air.
  4. Physiology. absorption.


uptake

/ ˈʌ±èËŒ³Ù±ðɪ°ì /

noun

  1. a pipe, shaft, etc, that is used to convey smoke or gases, esp one that connects a furnace to a chimney
  2. mining another term for upcast
  3. taking up or lifting up
  4. the act of accepting or taking up something on offer or available
  5. quick on the uptake informal.
    quick to understand or learn
  6. slow on the uptake informal.
    slow to understand or learn
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of uptake1

1810–20; up- + take; compare take-up
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Idioms and Phrases

see on the uptake .
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"Ultimately this has knocked on from the Covid pandemic, which saw a huge uptake in food banks," said Ben Mann, the council's lead for its affordable food programme.

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The council told the BBC it had so far "received significant interest" and expected to "see a significant uptake in awards" over the coming months.

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But social media expert Matt Navarra said he thinks an ad-free subscription would see limited uptake in the UK, which he says has been the case in the EU.

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The hospital previously made social workers and counselors available to unit nurses, but uptake for their services was low, Murray said.

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But they added: "Yearly dosing of lenacapavir has the potential to further decrease current barriers to PrEP by increasing the uptake of, persistence on, and, therefore, scalability of PrEP."

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