Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - take up
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Take up
take up
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) ~ skiing took up the trumpet had taken up Marxism b. to proceed to consider or deal with ~ 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 ~ 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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1) выкупать, оплачивать 2) приобретать; подписываться (на ценные бумаги) 3) брать на себя размещение (ценных бумаг) TAKE UP гл. 1) общ. обсуждать (план и т. п.) 2) общ. браться (за что-л.); заниматься (чем-л.) 3) общ. рассматривать (вопрос и т. п.) 4) общ. отнимать (время и т. п. ); занимать (место) 5) общ. принять, подхватить 6) общ. принимать (вызов, пари и т. п.) 7) общ. продолжать (начатое) 8) общ. укорачивать (одежду), убирать 9) общ. покровительствовать, опекать 10) фин. подписываться (на ценные бумаги) 11) фин. брать на себя размещение (ценных бумаг) See: take-up fee ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. предпринять; 2. поднять; 3. подтянуть; 4. закрепить; 5. взять, подобрать, принять (пассажиров); 6. подвезти, доставить; 7. покровительствовать, опекать; 8. отнять (время); 9. занять (место); 10. взяться, заняться; продолжить начатое, вернуться к начатому; 1 1. рассмотреть (вопрос); 1 2. принять, подхватить; 1 3. прервать, одернуть; 1 4. арестовать, забрать; 1 5. акцептировать; 1 6. улучшиться (о погоде) ...Англо-русский словарь идиом
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1. поднимать to take up hay with a fork —- поднять сено на вилы (вилами) to take up a carpet —- поднять (снять с пола) ковер the lift took us up —- лифт доставил нас наверх 2. снимать, удалять; перемешать to take up paving stones —- снять дорожное покрытие to take up a street —- разобрать мостовую to take up a tree —- пересадить дерево to take up a buoy —- мор. снять буй to take up a word to the previous line —- перенести слово на предыдущую строчку 3. сматывать; свертывать to take up the film —- смотать пленку to take up the cloth —- свернуть ткань (полотно) (в рулон) 4. укорачивать, убирать to take up the hem of a dress —- укоротить платье на подшивку to take up a skirt —- укоротить юбку to take up a sleeve at the shoulder —- убрать (поднять) рукав в плече 5. подтягивать to take up a slack rope —- подтянуть (натянуть) провисшую веревку 6. закреплять to take up a dropped stitch —- закрепить спустившуюся петлю 7. брать, подбирать, принимать (пассажиров) the car took them up at the corner —- они сели в автомобиль на углу I took up this fare at three o'clock —- я посадил этого пассажира в три часа, этот пассажир сел ко мне (в такси) в три часа 8. подвозить, отвозить, доставлять he took me up to the museum —- он подвез меня к музею 9. впитывать, поглощать a sponge takes up liquid quickly —- губка быстро впитывает влагу 10. покровительствовать (кому-л.), опекать...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. If you take up an activity or a subject, you become interested in it and spend time doing it, either as a hobby or as a career. He did not particularly want to take up a competitive sport... Angela used to be a model and has decided to take it up again. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 2. If you take up a question, problem, or cause, you act on it or discuss how you are going to act on it. Most scientists who can present evidence of an environmental threat can reasonably assume that a pressure group will take up the issue... Dr Mahathir intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister... If the bank is unhelpful take it up with the Ombudsman. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P n with n, V n P with n, also V n P 3. If you take up a job, you begin to work at it. He will take up his post as the head of the civil courts at the end of next month. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P 4. If you take up an offer or a challenge, you accept it. Increasingly, more wine-makers are taking up the challenge of growing Pinot Noir... PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron) 5. If something takes up a particular amount of time, space, or effort, it uses that amount. I know how busy you must be and naturally I wouldn’t want to take up too much of your time... A good deal of my time is taken up with reading critical essays and reviews... The aim was not to take up valuable time with the usual boring pictures. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), be V-ed P with -ing/n, V P n with n/-ing 6. If you take up a particular position, you get into a particular place in relation to something else. He had taken up a position in the centre of the room... PHRASAL VERB: no passive, V P n (not pron) 7. If you take up something such as a task or a story, you begin doing it after it has been interrupted or after someone else has begun it. Gerry’s wife Jo takes up the story... ‘No, no, no,’ says Damon, taking up where Dave left off. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V P wh, also V n P 8. see also...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n the rate at which people buy or accept something offered by a company, government etc (Despite all the advertisements, the take-up has been slow.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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{v.} 1. To remove by taking in. * /Use a blotter to take up the spilled ink./ * /When the vacuum cleaner bag is full, it will not take up dirt from the rug./ 2. To fill or to occupy. * /All his evenings were taken up with study./ * /The oceans take up the greater part of the earth's surface./ * /The mayor has taken up residence on State Street./ 3. To gather together; collect. * /We are taking up a collection to buy flowers for John because he is in the hospital./ 4. To take away. * /John had his driver's license taken up for speeding./ 5a. To begin; start. * /The teacher took up the lesson where she left off yesterday./ 5b. To begin to do or learn; go into as a job or hobby. * /He recently took up gardening./ * /He took up the carpenter's trade as a boy./ Compare: GO INTO(3), GO IN FOR, TAKE TO. 6. To pull and make tight or shorter; shorten. * /The tailor took up the legs of the trousers./ * /Take up the slack on the rope!/ Compare: TAKE IN(3). 7. To take or accept something that is offered. * /The boss offered me a $5 raise and I took him up./ * /I took John up on his bet./ Compare: JUMP AT. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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