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æbˈsɔr bɪŋ, -ˈzɔr-ab·sorb·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. absorbing, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, rivetingadjective

    capable of arousing and holding the attention

    "a fascinating story"

Wiktionary

  1. absorbingadjective

    Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.

    An absorbing pursuit.

  2. absorbingadjective

    allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

ChatGPT

  1. absorbing

    Absorbing generally refers to the process of taking in, soaking up, or assimilating something, such as energy, knowledge, or information. This term can be used in various contexts such as in physics where it can refer to absorption of light or energy, in chemistry where a substance can absorb liquids or gases, or in psychology where one may absorb information or knowledge.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Absorbing

    of Absorb

  2. Absorbingadjective

    swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of absorbing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of absorbing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of absorbing in a Sentence

  1. Purvi Raniga:

    Absorbing everything mindlessly doesn’t allow us to understand our own intuition.

  2. Miguel Jaller:

    There are some companies that can absorb the cost, one of them — it's one of the largest ones — has been absorbing the logistic cost for a while. And it's in the billions of dollars per year.

  3. Ted Scambos:

    When you put Geophysical Research : Oceans in a red-absorbing material, youre going to get green light coming back out.

  4. Henry James:

    True happiness, we are told, consists in getting out of one's self, but the point is not only to get out, you must stay out and to stay out you must have some absorbing errand.

  5. Noordin Kasoma:

    Bamboo is flexible; due to that flexibility it gives that kind of shock absorbing property when you're riding especially off-road. The bamboo itself tries to absorb the shocks that you are passing through ... (better) than steel or aluminum.

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