Intake - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈɪnteɪk|
Brit.
|ˈɪnteɪk|
noun
- the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) (syn: consumption, ingestion, uptake)
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container (syn: inlet)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing (syn: aspiration, inhalation, inspiration)
- an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container (syn: inlet)
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing (syn: aspiration, inhalation, inspiration)
Extra examples
You should limit your daily intake of fats and sugars.
Try to reduce your intake of fat.
Sickness may develop from inadequate fluid intake.
The school should be functioning by 1998, with an intake of 1000 students.
What was the lottery but an intake?
You should think about reducing your fat intake (=the amount of fat you eat).
Word forms
noun
singular: intake
plural: intakes
singular: intake
plural: intakes
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