intake

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intake

/ˈɪnteɪk/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈɪntæɪk/ Australia

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

noun intakes

countable, uncountable The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
countable, uncountable The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
countable, uncountable The quantity taken in. the intake of air
countable, uncountable An act or instance of taking in. an intake of oxygen or food
countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable A nostril, especially a large one.
countable, uncountable The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time. the new intake of students
countable, uncountable The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
countable, uncountable A tract of land enclosed.
UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
countable, uncountable The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner. […]Due to internal and external processing restraints, only part of the input becomes intake, only part of the intake becomes acquired, and only part of the acquired intake can be used by the learner.

verb intakes · intaking · intook · intaken

transitive To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside. Well, I "intook" the general situation west of the Mississippi because I did not get much of a chance to see things east of the Mississippi.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ingestion, consumption, uptake, hydrant, pumping, catchment, suction, adsorption, flow, commutator, scoop, sorption, inflow, absorptive, influx, absorbency

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noun quantity taken in

Español	ingesta
中文	攝取量 /摄取量

noun act of taking in

Português	tomada, ingestão
Français	prise, ingestion
Italiano	assunzione, gestione, presa

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@misc{intake_2026,
  title = {intake},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intake},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}