uptake
noun /ˈʌpteɪk/
/ˈʌpteɪk/
[uncountable, singular]Idioms - uptake (of something) the use that is made of something that has become available
- There has been a high uptake of the free training.
- 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
be quick/slow on the uptake
- (informal) to be quick/slow to understand something
- Is he always this slow on the uptake?