intake English · revision 10682

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=c. 1330|origins=en in|origins=en take}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɪn.teɪk/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[in]] and [[take]], after the phrase take in.^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In northern dialect, a piece of land taken in from a moor or common: about 1330 in the OED;^(OED 1989) the NODE says the word began in Scots and northern English.^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The place where water is taken into a channel or pipe is from about 1800,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and the act of taking in, as of food or breath, from 1808.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The airway carrying fresh air into a mine is from 1851,^(OED 1989) and an air intake of an engine from 1946.^(OED 1989) A group of new entrants to a school or the army is from before 1943.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1330 – land taken in (dialect).^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1800 – a water intake.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1808 – the act of taking in.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1851 – a mine airway.^(OED 1989)

+ * before 1943 – a group of entrants.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The amount of something taken in: ''an intake of students'', ''calorie intake''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of taking in.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # An opening through which a fluid, such as air or water, enters.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[intake valve]]

+ * [[intake manifold]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[take]]

+ * [[in]]

+ * [[uptake]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}