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ingest

UK
/ɪnˈdʒɛst/
US
/ɪnˈdʒɛst/

Translations

ingestverb
ingested
Past Simple
ingested
Past Participle
ingesting
Gerund
UK
/ɪnˈdʒɛst/
US
/ɪnˈdʒɛst/
The doctor advised him to ingest the medication with a full glass of water.
Le médecin lui a conseillé d’ingérer le médicament avec un grand verre d’eau.
Additional translations
ingérerinformatique
Synonyms
swallow
gobble
drink
eat
take in
absorb
devour
consume
Antonyms
expel
discharge
excrete
ingestnoun
ingests
pl
UK
/ɪnˈdʒest/
US
/ɪnˈdʒɛst/
Mainly in computing and media contexts, referring to the act or process of bringing data or media into a system.
ingestioninformatique
Video ingest took several hours before editing could begin.
L’ingestion vidéo a pris plusieurs heures avant que le montage puisse commencer.
Synonyms
uptake
import
input
absorption
consumption
intake
ingestion
Antonyms
excretion
egestion
ingestadjective
UK
/ɪnˈdʒest/
US
/ɪnˈdʒɛst/
Attributive use before nouns in technical contexts (e.g., "ingest pipeline").
d’ingestioninformatique
The team built an ingest pipeline to automate file transfers.
L’équipe a construit une chaîne d’ingestion pour automatiser les transferts de fichiers.

Definitions

ingestverb
To take food, drink, or another substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.
The doctor advised him to ingest the medication with a full glass of water.
To bring (data, information, etc.) into a computer system for storage, processing, or analysis.
The application can ingest large datasets in a matter of minutes.
ingestnoun
The act or process of importing data, files, or media into a system for further handling.
Video ingest took several hours before editing could begin.
ingestadjective
Relating to or used for ingesting data or media.
The team built an ingest pipeline to automate file transfers.
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