absorbed

English

Etymology

absorb +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹbd/, /æbˈzɔɹbd/, /əbˈsɔɹbd/, /əbˈzɔɹbd/

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Adjective

absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)

1. Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
2. Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

Translations

fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專心／专心 (zh) (zhuānxīn), 专心 (zh) (zhuānxīn)

• Czech: pohlcený
• Dutch: inbeslaggenomen
• Finnish: uppoutunut, syventynyt
• French: absorbé (fr), captivé (fr)
• German: vertieft (de)
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• Japanese: 夢中になる (ja) (むちゅうになる, muchū ni naru)
• Occitan: absorbit, perpensatiu, pensatiu (oc)
• Portuguese: absorvido, absorto
• Romanian: absorbit (ro) m or n, captivat (ro) m or n, îngândurat (ro) m or n
• Russian: поглощённый (ru) (pogloščónnyj), увлечённый (ru) (uvlečónnyj)
• Spanish: absorto (es), ensimismado (es)

taken in by a body without reflection

• Czech: pohlcený
• Dutch: geabsorbeerd (nl), opgenomen (nl)
• Finnish: absorboitunut (fi)
• Hindi: अवशोषित (avśoṣit)
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• Portuguese: absorvido
• Romanian: absorbit (ro) m or n
• Russian: поглощённый (ru) (pogloščónnyj)

taken by through the pores of a surface

• Dutch: geabsorbeerd (nl)
• Finnish: imeytynyt (fi)
• Hindi: अवशोषित (avśoṣit)
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• Portuguese: absorvido, absorto
• Romanian: absorbit (ro) m or n, absorbită f
• Russian: впи́танный (ru) (vpítannyj)

Verb

absorbed

1. simple past and past participle of absorb

Derived terms

• absorbed dose
• self-absorbed

See also

• adsorbed

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Spanish

Verb

absorbed

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of absorber.