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The correct spelling is intakes.
How to pronounce intakes
noun
Say it like: Int-ake-s
The correct spelling is intakes. The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet. For example: "the intake of air"
Usage Examples
“the intake of air”
“an intake of oxygen or food”
“the new intake of students”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
- 2.The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
- 3.The quantity taken in.
- 4.An act or instance of taking in.
- 5.The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.
verb
- 1.To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.
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