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Added 10 October 2026

uptake

/ˈʌpteɪk/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about uptake at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating).
A process of taking up or using up or consuming.
they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids

Origin

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”).

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