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Princeton's WordNet

  1. captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrappedadjective

    giving or marked by complete attention to

    "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"

  2. absorbedadjective

    retained without reflection

    "the absorbed light intensity"

Wiktionary

  1. absorbedadjective

    fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed

  2. absorbedadjective

    taken in by a body without reflection

  3. absorbedadjective

    taken by through the pores of a surface

ChatGPT

  1. absorbed

    Absorbed refers to having taken in or soaked up a substance, energy, information, or impact thoroughly and completely. It can pertain to physical entities such as liquids, gases or energy, or to mental processes like concentrating fully on something or assimilating knowledge or information. It implies engrossment or total engagement in a situation or context.

  2. absorbed

    Absorbed generally refers to the process of taking in or assimilating something, completely engaging or engrossing oneself in a particular activity or interest. It can also refer to the scientific process in which a substance, energy, or light is taken in by another substance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Absorbed

    of Absorb

Editors Contribution

  1. absorbedverb

    Verb form of the word absorb.

    They absorbed the information and retained it easily.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Absorbed in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Absorbed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Absorbed in a Sentence

  1. Daniel Hoffman:

    She has an extraordinary level of expertise in counterterrorism programs, including this chapter in our history, she has absorbed the lessons learned.

  2. Kristen Gillespie:

    The Americans have painted themselves into a corner, left to work only with so-called moderates, who at this point have mostly been kidnapped, killed, exiled or absorbed into Islamist factions.

  3. Jose Castroviejo:

    There is a 'freecycle' element, anything you don't want that's reusable is left in a hallway and usually within 24 hours it is re-absorbed into the community.

  4. Heather Thomson:

    Generally speaking, the women that join the show are not self-absorbed, catty, horrible people. They’re birds in gilded cages. They go in there with the right intention, but then you get sucked into this system of what the viewers want, these women are part of a machine that has awarded them and fed them for outrageous behavior. It’s a career. It’s their check. And they do n’t have other jobs outside of it. And so you become a product of the environment of what the fan is looking for.

  5. Gary Richards:

    Property developers who specialise in selling to non-dom purchasers may find that the Budget announcements may dampen demand until the details have been fully absorbed.

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