Synonym: consumption, ingestion, intake. Similar words: reuptake, take the cake, make a mistake, make up to, take, taken, stake, take out. Meaning: n. 1. the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) 2. a process of taking up or using up or consuming.
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1. He's quick on the uptake.
2. Is he always this slow on the uptake?
3. Sometime Tim's a little slow on the uptake.
4. There is a 90% uptake of vaccination in this country.
5. The uptake of some vaccinations fell as the media stirred up fears of possible side effects.
6. He's a bit slow on the uptake, so you may have to repeat the instructions a few times.
7. Uptake of places on the training course has been disappointing.
8. Sarah wasn't slow on the uptake this time.
9. Lettuce and spinach are particularly vulnerable to nitrogen uptake.
10. The exact relation between net water uptake and osmolality is not entirely clear from our findings.
11. Could anyone really be that slow on the uptake? wondered Pascoe.
12. Table 2.1 compares National Certificate uptake over the past three sessions.
13. In recent years, the growth of National Certificate uptake has been especially strong in secondary schools.
14. Plants in their growth stage generally exhibit an increased uptake of nutrients.
15. The drug increases the number of red cells in the blood, enhancing oxygen uptake by 10 percent.
16. I was a bit slow off the mark/on the uptake there - I didn't follow his reasoning at all.
17. She is not an intellectual, but is quick on the uptake.
18. You'll have to explain it to me carefully I'm not very quick on the uptake.
19. He's a very good worker but he's a bit slow on the uptake sometimes. You have to explain everything twice.
20. Carol was absent-minded and a little slow on the uptake.
21. He's a good interviewer, tough and quick on the uptake .
22. Both projects reported success in delaying onset of smoking among adolescents and in achieving lower levels of smoking uptake.
23. Transport of anions out of the cell on the uptake carrier was demonstrated directly using an anion-sensitive electrode just outside the cell.
24. I thought it would be evident; you are generally very quick on the uptake.
25. The centre has had a very promising first year with good uptake and usage rates.
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26. Contrary to expectations, immersion in water results in very high prolonged uptake, without equilibrium after many years.
27. Probably, in a close-knit community the negative response of this family has influenced the uptake of the test.
28. Among numerous negative results he found some quite simple compounds, aldehydes and fatty acids, which stimulated oxygen uptake.
29. The main physical benefit is improving the fitness level as measured by the maximum oxygen uptake.
30. It will be some years yet before the full uptake picture becomes available because the traditional courses are still being phased out.
More similar words: reuptake, take the cake, make a mistake, make up to, take, taken, stake, take out, take for, takeoff, take to, betake, takeout, take on, take up, take in, stakes, intake, take off, retake, take as, take-off, stakeout, partake, taken up, takeaway, take away, betaken, mistake, take note.