uptake

(Inglés)

Noun

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

Verb

1. (archaic) 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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈʌpteɪk/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: uptaken

Cognado con sueco: upptaga

In summary

From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).

Conceptos

absorción

comprensión

comprension

consumo

ingestión

captación

ingesta

Sinónimos

intake

consumption

ingestion

taking

drawing off

pipe

shot

take

understanding

bank withdrawal

absorption

uptake flue

appropriation

assumption

chimney

Traducciones

yükseltme

entendement

ingestion

uyanık

kavrayışlı

kaldırma

assimilation

اِزْدِراد

تناوُل

امتزاز

Auffassungsvermögen

Aufnahme

Begriffsvermögen

Einsicht

Absorption