Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈɪnteɪk/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
- General-American
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/ˈɪntæɪk/
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- Australia
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ˈɪnteɪk
Noun
The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
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The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
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The quantity taken in.
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the intake of air
In 2010 almost 120,000 people died prematurely and 108 million life years were lost—because of inadequate vitamin A intake.
An act or instance of taking in.
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an intake of oxygen or food
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The company wasn't allowed to make him 'forcibly participate in seminars and end-of-week drinks frequently ending up in excessive alcohol intake, encouraged by associates who made very large quantities of alcohol available', the court said.
A nostril, especially a large one.
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The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
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the new intake of students
The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
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A tract of land enclosed.
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Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
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The part of language input that is actually processed by a learner.
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[…]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
To take in or draw in; to bring in from outside.
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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.
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The particle concentration in the ascending hot current of the combustion product have^([sic]) been measured by intaking the current into the counter close to the sample plate in the furnace.
I deduced that if I am intaking the same amount of calories that I always did during Induction, but I am causing my metabolic rate to slow down, it makes sense that the same amount of calories taken in will not burn off as fast as they once did […]
Noun
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
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an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container
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the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
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