Meaning of intake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet.
   countable, uncountable
2. The place where water, air or other fluid is taken into a pipe or conduit; opposed to outlet
3. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder.
   countable, uncountable
4. The beginning of a contraction or narrowing in a tube or cylinder
5. V.: ingestion.
6. The quantity taken in.
   countable, uncountable
7. The quantity taken in
8. An opening by which a fluid is admitted into a container or conduit.
9. An act or instance of taking in
10. The act of taking in.
11. A nostril, especially a large one
12. A nostril, especially a large one.
    countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable
13. a thing or a quantity taken in: an intake of students.
14. The people taken into an organization or establishment at a particular time.
    countable, uncountable
15. the act of taking in
16. The process of screening a juvenile offender to decide upon release or referral.
    countable, uncountable
17. (Mechanical Engineering) the opening through which fluid enters a duct or channel, esp the air inlet of a jet engine
18. A tract of land enclosed.
    countable, uncountable
19. (Mining & Quarrying) a ventilation shaft in a mine
20. Any kind of cheat or imposition; the act of taking someone in.
    UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
21. a contraction or narrowing: an intake in a garment.
22. the place or opening at which a fluid is taken into a channel, pipe, etc.
23. an act or instance of taking in.

Equivalents

Examples

“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”

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