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absorbed

[ ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd ]

adjective

  1. deeply interested or involved; preoccupied:

    He had an absorbed look on his face.



absorbed

/ əbˈsɔːbɪdlɪ; -ˈzɔːbd; -ˈzɔː-; əbˈsɔːbd /

adjective

  1. engrossed; deeply interested
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Derived Forms

  • absorbedly, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ·ǰ·· [ab-, sawr, -bid-lee, -, zawr, -], adverb
  • ·ǰĻ·Ա noun
  • ܲa·ǰ adjective
  • ɱ-·ǰ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of absorbed1

First recorded in 1755–65; absorb + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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Unlike eating fresh fruit - which is much better for a child - pureeing releases sugar from inside fruit cell walls and can be absorbed much more quickly.

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Price increases are typically absorbed by the importer or passed on to the end consumer of the good, usually in some combination.

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Their theory is that the ammonia is absorbed by a vast body of water below .

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Göransson absorbed his dad’s passions and mutated them into a personal obsession with Metallica, an electric descendant of the blues, in the process becoming a guitar player proficient in everything from thrash metal to jazz.

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In earlier years, the symbolism of this news would have absorbed and derailed me.

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