1 [U,C] the amount of food, drink, etc. that you take into your body:
high fluid intake * to reduce your daily intake of salt
2 [C,U] the number of people who are allowed to enter a school, college, profession, etc. during a particular period:
the annual student intake * Intake in universities is down by 10%.
3 [C] a place where liquid, air, etc. enters a machine:
the air / fuel intake
4 [C,usually sing.] an act of taking sth in, especially breath:
a sharp intake of breath
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is intake a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, intake is tagged as noun.
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