- uptake (of something) the use that is made of something that has become available
- There has been a high uptake of the free training.
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- uptake (of something) (specialist) the process by which something is taken into a body or system; the rate at which this happens
- the uptake of oxygen by muscles
Idioms
See uptake in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee uptake in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe quick/slow on the uptake
- (informal) to be quick/slow to understand something
- Is he always this slow on the uptake?
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