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absorbed

/æbˈsɔɹbd/

absorbed adjective: fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. Also the simple past and past participle of absorb.

Adjective

absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)

  1. Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
    • fully absorbed
    • deeply absorbed
  2. That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.

Also used as

absorbed is also the simple past and past participle of absorb.

absorbed meaning in Hindi and Bengali

absorbed in Hindi

fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
मगन magan, मग्न magna, तल्लीन tallīn
taken in by a body without reflection
अवशोषित avśoṣit
taken by through the pores of a surface
अवशोषित avśoṣit

absorbed in Bengali

fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
মশগুল mośgul

Examples of absorbed in a sentence

  • She was so absorbed in her book that she didn’t hear the phone.
  • The scientist remained absorbed in his experiments.

All 40 example sentences with absorbed

Forms of absorbed

comparativemore absorbed
superlativemost absorbed

Origin of absorbed

From absorb + -ed.

Words formed from absorbed

Phrases with absorbed

Questions about absorbed

What does absorbed mean?
Absorbed means fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
What is absorbed in Hindi?
Absorbed in Hindi is मगन (magan), मग्न (magna), तल्लीन (tallīn). See Absorbed meaning in Hindi.
How do you use absorbed in a sentence?
She was so absorbed in her book that she didn’t hear the phone.
What part of speech is absorbed?
Absorbed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce absorbed?
Absorbed is pronounced /æbˈsɔɹbd/ (US).

Words near absorbed in the dictionary

  1. absorbativity
  2. absorbeate
  3. absorbeated
  4. absorbeates
  5. absorbeating
  6. absorbed
  7. absorbed dose
  8. absorbed doses
  9. absorbed oneself in
  10. absorbedly
  11. absorbedness

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