/ ˈɪnteɪk; NAmE / noun
1.
[ U , C ] the amount of food, drink, etc. that you take into your body :
high fluid intake
to reduce your daily intake of salt
2.
[ C , U ] the number of people who are allowed to enter a school, college, profession, etc. during a particular period :
the annual student intake
3.
[ C ] a place where liquid, air, etc. enters a machine :
the air / fuel intake
4.
[ C , usually sing. ] an act of taking sth in, especially breath :
a sharp intake of breath
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (originally Scots and northern English ): from in + take .