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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. 1.The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
  2. 2.The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
  3. 3.The quantity taken in.
  4. 4.An act or instance of taking in.
  5. 5.The people taken into an organisation or establishment at a particular time.

verb

  1. 1.To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.

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