intake

intake
[[t]ɪ̱nteɪk[/t]]
intakes
1) N-SING: with supp, oft N of n Your intake of a particular kind of food, drink, or air is the amount that you eat, drink, or breathe in.

Your intake of alcohol should not exceed two units per day...

Reduce your salt intake.

2) N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft N of n The people who are accepted into an organization or place at a particular time are referred to as a particular intake.

...one of this year's intake of students...

There was a proposal in the United States to quadruple its annual intake of immigrants.

3) PHRASE When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.

I heard, even over the babble of the crowd, a sharp, shocked intake of breath.


English dictionary. 2008.

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