take-up
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.79 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "the take-up of benefits by the unemployed"
- "As a first step, Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) funding should be expanded, to ensure a higher take-up of unused freight paths in today's timetable and to help shape a sustainable path for multi-modal UK logistics."
- "Digital Rights Watch chair Lizzie O'Shea said any deals done with big tech companies or relating to data centres should not be behind closed doors. "We need sustainable, discerning take-up of frontier technologies," she said."