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take-ups

take-ups is the plural of take-up.

Meaning of take-up

Noun

take-up (countable and uncountable, plural take-ups)

  1. The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
  2. (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.
  3. Acceptance (of a proposal, offer, request, etc.); uptake.
    • the take-up of benefits by the unemployed

Questions about take-ups

What is take-ups the plural of?
Take-ups is the plural of take-up.

Words near take-ups in the dictionary

  1. take-that game
  2. take-that games
  3. take-under
  4. take-unders
  5. take-up
  6. take-ups
  7. takeable
  8. takeaway
  9. takeaways
  10. takeback
  11. takebacks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: take-ups (page history and authors); take-up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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