ingest

verb
UK: /ɪnˈdʒest/
US: /ɪnˈdʒest/

  1. To take food or drink into your body.

    1. You must ingest your medicine with water.
    2. It is dangerous to ingest unknown substances without proper knowledge.

  2. To take something into your mind and learn or understand it.

    1. I need to ingest all of this information.
    2. It takes time to ingest new concepts and integrate them into one's thinking.

  3. To collect and store data for processing.

    1. The system can ingest data from many sources.
    2. The software is designed to ingest large volumes of data in real-time.

Synonyms

consume eat swallow absorb assimilate process

Frequently Asked Questions

The word "ingest" in English means: To take food or drink into your body., To take something into your mind and learn or understand it., To collect and store data for processing..

The phonetic transcription of "ingest" is /ɪnˈdʒest/ in British English and /ɪnˈdʒest/ in American English. Click the 🔊 button to hear both pronunciations.

Synonyms for "ingest": consume, eat, swallow, absorb, assimilate, process.

Example usage of "ingest": "You must ingest your medicine with water.". More examples on the page.