intake

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
2. (countable, uncountable) The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
3. (countable, uncountable) The quantity taken in.
4. (countable, uncountable) An act or instance of taking in.
5. (countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A nostril, especially a large one.
6. (countable, uncountable) The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
7. (countable, uncountable) The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
8. (countable, uncountable) A tract of land enclosed.
9. (UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

Verb

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

Synonyms

consumption

inlet

uptake

input

inspiration

ingestion

breathing in

aspiration

introduction

mouth

import

inhalation

entrance

inflow

absorption

importation

increment

influx

ingest

ingress

inhale

insertion

inspire

internalize

launch

overture

passage

portal

preamble

prelude

procurement

proem

provision

provisioning

recharge

reserves

shot

suction

supply

supplying

take

taking

taking in

valve

mouth hole

aditus

inleakage

access

adoption

nutrition

Translations

toma

consommation

ingestion

admission

afflusso

entrata

ingestão

admisión

ingestión

prise

incorporation

جرعة

absorption

Zulauf

adduction

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɪnteɪk/

Etymology

From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- + take. More at in-, take.