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uptake

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. 1.Understanding; comprehension.
  2. 2.Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism.
  3. 3.The act of lifting or taking up.
  4. 4.A chimney.
  5. 5.The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney.

verb

  1. 1.To take up, to lift.
  2. 2.To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
  3. 3.To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.

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