up·take

(ŭp′tāk′)

1. A passage for drawing up smoke or air.

2. Understanding; comprehension: very quick on the uptake.

3. An act of taking in or absorbing, especially into a living organism.

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uptake

(ˈʌpˌteɪk)

1. (Building) a pipe, shaft, etc, that is used to convey smoke or gases, esp one that connects a furnace to a chimney

2. (Mining & Quarrying) mining another term for upcast²

3. taking up or lifting up

4. the act of accepting or taking up something on offer or available

5. quick on the uptake informal quick to understand or learn

6. slow on the uptake informal slow to understand or learn

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up•take

(ˈʌpˌteɪk)

n.

1. mental grasp: quick on the uptake.

2. an act or instance of taking up.

3. a pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air.

4. the absorption of substances, as nutrients, by the tissues.

[1810–20]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) consumption, ingestion, intake eating, feeding - the act of consuming food deglutition, swallow, drink - the act of swallowing; "one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips" suck, sucking, suction - the act of sucking drinking, imbibing, imbibition - the act of consuming liquids bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity"
	2.	uptake - a process of taking up or using up or consuming; "they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids" human process - a process in which human beings are involved reuptake, re-uptake - a process of using up or consuming again; "psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters"

Translations

فَهْم، إدراك

rychle/pomalu chápavý

i vendingen

skilningur; vera fljótur aî grípa/skilja

comprensione

nepagavus

apķērīgsatjautīgs

çabuk/yavaş kavrayan

理解力领悟力

uptake

[ˈʌpteɪk] N

1. (= understanding) to be quick on the uptake → ser muy listo, agarrar las cosas al vuelo
to be slow on the uptake → ser corto (de entendederas)

2. (= intake) → consumo m

3. (= acceptance) → aceptación f; (= number accepted) → cantidad f admitida

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

uptake

[ˈʌpteɪk] n
to be quick on the uptake → comprendre vite
He is quick on the uptake → Il comprend vite.
to be slow on the uptake → être lent(e) à comprendre
He is slow on the uptake → Il est lent à comprendre.

uptake

(inf) to be quick on the uptake → schnell verstehen; to be slow on the uptake → schwer von Begriff sein (inf), → eine lange Leitung haben (inf)

(= intake) → Aufnahme f

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uptake

[ˈʌpˌteɪk] n (fam) slow on the uptake → duro/a di comprendonio
to be quick on the uptake → capire le cose al volo

uptake

(ˈapteik) : quick, slow on the uptake

quick or slow to understand. She's inexperienced, but very quick on the uptake.

up·take

n. absorción, fijación o incorporación de alguna sustancia a un organismo vivo;

___ and storage → toma y almacenamiento.

uptake

n captación f