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Uncommonuptake
The correct spelling is uptake.
How to pronounce uptake
noun
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The correct spelling is uptake. Understanding; comprehension.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.Understanding; comprehension.
- 2.Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
- 3.The act of lifting or taking up.
- 4.A chimney.
- 5.The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.
verb
- 1.To take up, to lift.
- 2.To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
- 3.To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.
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