Sekirov Dictionary

intake

/ˈɪnteɪk/

noun 10
verb 1
forms 4

noun10

An act or instance of taking in.
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The quantity taken in.
- In 2010 almost 120,000 people died prematurely and 108 million life years were lost—because of inadequate vitamin A intake. — 2016
The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
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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. — 1994
The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
A tract of land enclosed.
(slang, offensive) A nostril, especially a large one.
(dialect, UK) Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.

verb1

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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. — 1937

forms

intook · intaken · intaking · intakes

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