Usually means: Absorption or adoption of something.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word take-up:

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  1. take-up: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. take-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. take-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. take-up, take-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. take-up: Vocabulary.com
  6. Take-up, take-up: Wordnik
  7. take-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. take-up: Wiktionary
  9. take-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. take-up: Dictionary.com
  11. Take-up: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. take-up: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. take-up: Rhymezone
  14. Take-up: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. take-up: Free Dictionary
  16. take-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. take-up: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. take-up: Encyclopedia

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noun:  The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
noun:  (machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
noun:  Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.).

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