absorbed
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)
- Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
- Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
Translations
fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
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taken in by a body without reflection
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taken by through the pores of a surface
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Verb
absorbed
- simple past and past participle of absorb
Derived terms
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbed”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Spanish
Verb
absorbed
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