TO TAKE UP

Definition: TO TAKE UP

TO TAKE UP

1. (a) To stop. [Obs.] ``Sinners at last take up and settle in a contempt of religion.'' --Tillotson. (b) To reform. [Obs.] --Locke.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO TAKE UP

Lady Connell is endeavoring to get us to take up smoking. (Topsy-Turvy; writing credit: Mike Leigh)

You wanna get Beecher to take up our cause? (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut)

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Books

• European women in paid employment, 1984 : do they feel discriminated against and vulnerable at work? : are they equipped to take up the challenge of technology? (reference)

• Fore! Play: The Last American Male to Take Up Golf (reference)

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Marines. Invasion maneuvers. In a simulated invasion, U.S. Marines leap from the landing barges which ferried them from their transport vessels to the shore and dash through the surf to take up positions on the beach. This picture was taken during maneuve. Credit: Library of Congress.

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In France the Communists ally themselves with the Social-Democrats, against the conservative and radical bourgeoisie, reserving, however, the right to take up a critical position in regard to phrases and illusions traditionally handed down from the great Revolution. (reference)

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It would surpass the powers of a well man nowadays to take up his bed and walk, and I should certainly advise a sick one to lay down his bed and run.

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Business

Until demand begins to take up some of this surplus, the need for environmental control equipment will be small. (references)

However, there are very few suitably qualified individuals of the previously disadvantaged to take up key positions in the market, particularly at senior levels such as management (please see statistics at end of report). (references)

Civil Liberties

Czech Republic

Migrants from economically disadvantaged countries in Central and Eastern Europe often enter the country to take up illegal residency or in transit to other countries. (references)

Ukraine

Exit visas are required for citizens who intend to take up permanent residence in another country but there were no known cases of exit visas being denied to citizens during the year. (references)

Economic History

Cyprus

Non-residents wishing to take up employment in Cyprus require work permits by the Immigration Department. (references)

Human Rights

Haiti

In Belladere gunmen took control of the police station and broadcast a call for former military to take up arms against the Government. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Djedovic, a parliamentary deputy for the Democratic National Union (DNZ), which the Bosniak SDA views as a renegade party due to its activities during the war, was arrested and detained in May 1997 for war crimes after he arrived in Sarajevo to take up his parliamentary seat. (references)

Political Rights

Djibouti

On December 13, 2000, the magistrate in charge of the investigation charged the 13 with conspiracy and breach of state security and cited them with calling on citizens to take up arms illegally, carrying and making use of weapons of war, and damaging public property. (references)

Trade

Eritrea

Foreigners arriving to take up residence in Eritrea are allowed to bring personal effects tax-free within the first three months upon arrival. (references)

West Bank

With 23 commercial banks comprising 114 branches now operating in WB/G, the local banking sector has undergone rapid growth since the establishment of the PA in May 1994. Two foreign banks have returned to take up operations abandoned after the 1967 war, and a number of new Palestinian banks have been established and begun operating. (references)

Women

Central African Republic

The law authorizes a man to take up to four wives, but a prospective husband must indicate at the time of the first marriage contract whether he intends to take additional wives. (references)

Worker Rights

China

The Government has the right to disapprove any individual's application to take up religious orders, although it does not uniformly exercise this right. (references)

Pakistan

In addition the project sought to identify unemployed adults, especially women, from the families of former child stitchers to take up stitching work and replace lost income. (references)

Hong Kong

To combat fraudulent marriages that can be used to disguise trafficking in persons, immigration officials closely scrutinize applications for the entry of foreigners to take up residence with local spouses. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "TO TAKE UP": To take up arms ♦ To take up cudgels for ♦ To take up the cross ♦ To take up the gauntlet ♦ To take up the glove ♦ To take up the hatchet ♦ To take up with. Additional references.

Danish

atomerne, der er placeret i et primitivt gitter,forskyder sig, saa at de indtager en ny placering i gitterpunkterne af et andet krystalgitter defineret ved sin enhedscelle (originally situated on a primitive lattice move to take up a position on the points of the lattice of another structure defined by a unit cell, the atoms), arbejdstagere,som vil paabegynde denne virksomhed (the workers who intend to take up such activities). (various references)

Dutch

de werknemers welke genoemde bezigheid willen opvatten (the workers who intend to take up such activities), de atomen die oorspronkelijk op een eenvoudig rooster waren gerangschikt,bewegen zodanig dat zij een plaats vinden op de knooppunten van een ander rooster,dat door een bepaalde eenheidscel wordt beschreven (originally situated on a primitive lattice move to take up a position on the points of the lattice of another structure defined by a unit cell, the atoms). (various references)

French

les travailleurs qui veulent accéder � cette activité (the workers who intend to take up such activities), les atomes, situés initialement sur un réseau primitif se déplacent pour prendre position aux noeuds d'un réseau d'une autre structure définie par une maille unitaire (originally situated on a primitive lattice move to take up a position on the points of the lattice of another structure defined by a unit cell). (various references)

German

einnehmen (capture, carry, collect, earn, fill, occupy, prepossess, soak up, take, take up, use), abwickeln (carry out, complete, conclude, handle, liquidate, phaseout, run, take off, take up, to transact, transact, uncoil, unreel, unroll, unwind, wind up), abspulen (reel off, take off, take up, uncoil, unreel, unwind). (various references)

Greek 

τα άτομα,τοποθετημένα αρχικά επί ενός στοιχειώδους πλέγματος μετατοπίζονται για να λάβουν θέση επί των πλεγματικών σημείων μιας άλλης δομ (originally situated on a primitive lattice move to take up a position on the points of the lattice of another structure defined by a unit cell), οι εργαζόμενοι που επιθυμούν να αναλάβουν τη σχετική δραστηριότητα (the workers who intend to take up such activities). (various references)

Hungarian

vmilyen pályára megy (to go in for sg), vmilyen pályára lép (to go in for sg), rövidebbre vesz, pártfogol (Favor, favour, patronize, to favor, to favour, to patronize), leköt (absorb, held, immobilize, obligate, to arrest, to engage, to engross, to hold, to obligate, to peg down, to pledge, to tie, to tie up), hivatásszerűen foglalkozik, felszed (to break up, to pick up, to pull up), felszív (adsorb, imbibe, pump up, soak up, to absorb, to drink up, to imbibe, to incept, to snuff, to soak up, to sop, to suck, to suck up, to swallow up), elkötöz, összegöngyöl (interwound, to furl, to interwind, to involve). (various references)

Italian

i lavoratori che desiderano accedere all'attivit� di cui trattasi (the workers who intend to take up such activities), gli atomi, che originariamente si trovano su un reticolo semplice, si spostano per collocarsi sui punti nodali del reticolo di un'altra struttura avente una determinata cella unitaria (originally situated on a primitive lattice move to take up a position on the points of the lattice of another structure defined by a unit cell, the atoms). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

取り上�'る (to confiscate, to deprive, to disqualify, to pick up), 取上�'る (to confiscate, to deprive, to disqualify, to pick up), 引き受ける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to undertake), 引受る (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to undertake), 引受ける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to undertake), 壅ぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up), 塞ぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひきうける (to be responsible for, to contract, to guarantee, to take over, to undertake), ふさぐ (to block, to close up, to fill up, to occupy, to plug up, to shut up, to stand in another's way, to stop up), とりあ�'る (to accept, to adopt, to confiscate, to deprive, to disqualify, to listen to, to pick up). (various references)

Pig Latin

otay aketay upay

Portuguese

os trabalhadores que pretendem ter acesso a essa actividade (the workers who intend to take up such activities). (various references)

Spanish

los trabajadores que quieren iniciar dicha actividad (the workers who intend to take up such activities), los átomos, situados originalmente en una red primitiva se desplazan para tomar posición en los puntos nodales de una red de otra estructura definida por una célula unitaria (originally situated on a primitive lattice move to take up a position on the points of the lattice of another structure defined by a unit cell, the atoms). (various references)

Swedish

arbetstagare som vill starta sådan förvärvsverksamhet (the workers who intend to take up such activities). (various references)

�u . . . ti. (various references)

ascio, assumere. (various references)

geredhmahi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: outkept, outtake, takeout.

-2 letters: kaputt, outate, outeat, takeup, teapot, uptake.

-3 letters: kaput, petto, putto, taupe.

-4 letters: atop, auto, kept, keto, pate, peak, peat, poet, poke, pout, puke, putt, take, tape, tate, taut, teak, teat, tepa, toea, toke, tope, tote, tout.

-5 letters: ape, apt, ate, att, auk, eat, eau, eta, kae, kat, kea, kep, koa, kop.

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