transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. : pick up , lift
took up the carpet
2.
a. : to begin to occupy (land)
b. : to gather from a number of sources
took up a collection
3.
a. : to accept or adopt for the purpose of assisting
b. : to accept or adopt as one's own
took up the life of a farmer
took up Irish citizenship
c. : to absorb or incorporate into itself
plants taking up nutrients
4.
a. : to enter upon (as a business, hobby, or subject of study)
take up skiing
took up the trumpet
had taken up Marxism
b. : to proceed to consider or deal with
take up one problem at a time
5. : to establish oneself in
took up residence in town
6. : to occupy entirely or exclusively : fill up
the meeting was taken up with old business
7. : to make tighter or shorter
take up the slack
8. : to respond favorably to (as a person offering a bet, challenge, or proposal)
took me up on it
9. : to begin again or take over from another
we must take the good work up again
intransitive verb
1. : to make a beginning where another has left off
2. : to become shortened : draw together : shrink
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- take up the cudgels
- take up with