intake
/ˈɪnteɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.98 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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 intake of oxygen or food"
- "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."
- "the new intake of students"
- "[…]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."
Etymology
From English dialectal (Northern England/Scotland), deverbal of take in, equivalent to in- + take. More at in-, take.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: in
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪnteɪk/
- British English: /ˈɪnteɪk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
adequate intake
air intake
avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
intake manifold
intake silencer
intake system
intake valve