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takeup

takeup is the alternative form 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

Forms of takeup

pluraltakeups

Origin of takeup

Deverbal from take up.

Questions about takeup

What is takeup the alternative form of?
Takeup is the alternative form of take-up.

Words near takeup in the dictionary

  1. Taketas
  2. taketh
  3. Taketoyo
  4. Takeuchi
  5. takeuchiite
  6. takeup
  7. takeups
  8. takfir
  9. takfired
  10. takfiri
  11. takfiring

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: takeup (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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