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uptake: Meaning and Definition of
up•take
Pronunciation: (up'tāk"), [key]
— n.
- apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake.
- an act or instance of taking up; a lifting: the uptake of fertilizer by machines.
- Also calleda pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air.
- absorption.
See also:
- uptake (Thesaurus)
