uptakes

Acts of absorbing

Uptakes is the plural of uptake, which refers to the act of taking in or absorbing something.

The word appears most often in scientific contexts—the uptake of nutrients by plants, oxygen uptake in the lungs, cellular uptake of glucose.

In ordinary speech, uptake survives mainly in the phrases quick on the uptake and slow on the uptake, describing how fast someone grasps new information.

comprehension

understanding

Mental comprehension of something

graspSeize or understand
perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
realizationGrasping what's true

apprehension · cognition · recognition · awareness · insight · learning · absorption · processing · interpretation · quick

adoption

acceptance

Consent to receive

embraceHold closely in arms
implementationPutting plans into effect
integrationCombining into a whole

utilization · engagement · participation · enrollment · subscription · conversion · onboarding · rollout · deployment · activation

absorption

oxygen

Element eight, colorless gas

glucosePrimary cellular fuel
nutrientLife-sustaining substance
cellularComposed of small units

tissue · membrane · receptor · carrier · transport · diffusion · metabolic · blood · plasma · lung

Opposites

direction of substance movement

uptakesreleases

Lets go or publishes

exhausts · outputs · expulsions · emissions · excretions

acquisition versus disposal

uptakesdisposals

Acts of eliminating something

relinquishments · surrenders · givings · divestments · forfeitures

comprehension speed (idiom: quick/slow on the uptake)

uptakesmisunderstandings

Failures to grasp meaning

confusions · mental blocks · obtuseness · bewilderments · bafflements

Phrases

slow on the uptakeComprehending things belatedly
on the uptakeSpeed of understanding
quick on the uptakeFast to understand

Family

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Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G