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— English words —

• takeup n. Alternative form of take-up.
• take-up n. The act of taking something up, by tightening, absorption, or reeling in.
• take-up n. (Machinery) That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine or loom for…
• take-up n. Acceptance (Of a proposal, offer, request, etc.).
• take␣up n. Alternative form of take-up.
• take␣up v. (Transitive) To pick up.
• take␣up v. (Transitive) To begin doing (an activity) on a regular basis.
• take␣up v. (Transitive) To address (an issue).
• take␣up v. (Transitive) To occupy; to consume (space or time).
• take␣up v. (Transitive, sewing) To shorten by hemming.
• take␣up v. (Transitive, dated) To remove the surface or bed of a road or railway.
• take␣up v. (Transitive, with ’on’) To accept (A proposal, offer, request, etc.) from.
• take␣up v. (Intransitive) To resume.
• take␣up v. To implement, to employ, to put into use.
• take␣up v. (Canada, transitive) To review the solutions to a test or other assessment with a class.
• take␣up v. (Climbing) Synonym of take in (“tighten a belaying rope”).

77 English words from 16 English definitions

absorption accept Acceptance act activity address Alternative assessment basis bed begin belaying Canada class Climbing consume dated device doing employ etc for form from hemming implement into Intransitive issue loom machine Machinery occupy of␣a offer on␣a␣regular␣basis other pick pick␣up proposal put railway reeling reeling␣in regular remove request resume review road rope sewing sewing␣machine shorten solutions something space specifically surface Synonym take take␣in takes takes␣up take␣up taking test That the tighten tightening tightens time transitive use which with

16 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

takeups take-ups take␣ups take␣up␣for take␣up␣arms take␣up␣with take␣up␣the␣glove take␣up␣the␣slack take␣upon␣oneself take␣up␣the␣mantle take␣up␣the␣cudgels take␣up␣the␣gantlet take␣up␣the␣hatchet take␣up␣a␣collection take␣up␣the␣gauntlet take␣up␣the␣cudgel␣for

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

cross␣to␣take␣up

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ake Ake Akeu tak Tak take

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

eka- kat Kat KAT pue PUE

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Paektu uptake

12 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

kajeput ketupat pukatea taken␣up takes␣up takeups take-ups take␣ups uptaken uptaker uptakes Ute␣Park

8 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ate␣up eat␣up kaput Patek Paute Petka taupe tupek

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bake␣up makeup make-up make␣up rake␣up tape␣up toke␣up wakeup wake-up wake␣up

2 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

taken␣up takes␣up

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