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/ˈɪnteɪk/
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/ˈɪntæɪk/
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IH1 N T EY2 K
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The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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The quantity taken in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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An act or instance of taking in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
an intake of oxygen or food
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A nostril, especially a large one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
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The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
the new intake of students
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The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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A tract of land enclosed.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
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Usage: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
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The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: language learning
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.
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Usage: transitive
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the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, breathing in
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Broader terms: breath
Narrower terms: gasp, pant, puff, drag, pull
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: consumption, ingestion, uptake
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bodily process, body process, bodily function, activity
Narrower terms: eating, feeding, swallow, drink, deglutition, sucking, suck, suction, drinking, imbibing, imbibition
an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inlet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: opening
Narrower terms: air horn, siamese, siamese connection
From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- + take. More at in-, take.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Finnish :
ottamo
— place where fluid is taken in
Indonesian :
bangunan sadap
— place where fluid is taken in
Norwegian Bokmål :
inntak
— place where fluid is taken in
Norwegian Nynorsk :
inntak
— place where fluid is taken in
Swedish :
intag
— place where fluid is taken in
Finnish :
kavennus
— beginning of a contraction or narrowing
Chinese Mandarin :
攝取量 /摄取量
— quantity taken in
Finnish :
otto
— quantity taken in
Norwegian Bokmål :
inntak
— quantity taken in
Norwegian Nynorsk :
inntak
— quantity taken in
Spanish :
ingesta
— quantity taken in
Swedish :
intag
— quantity taken in
Bulgarian :
поемане
(poemane)
— act of taking in
Catalan :
presa
— act of taking in
Catalan :
ingestió
— act of taking in
Finnish :
ottaminen
— act of taking in
French :
prise
— act of taking in
French :
ingestion
— act of taking in
Galician :
inxesta
— act of taking in
Italian :
assunzione
— act of taking in
Italian :
gestione
— act of taking in
Italian :
presa
— act of taking in
Portuguese :
tomada
— act of taking in
Portuguese :
ingestão
— act of taking in
Bulgarian :
набор
(nabor)
— people taken in at a particular time
Finnish :
sisäänotto
— people taken in at a particular time
Norwegian Bokmål :
inntak
— people taken in at a particular time
Norwegian Nynorsk :
inntak
— people taken in at a particular time
Finnish :
suljettu alue
— enclosed tract of land