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absorb in Arabic

اِتَّخَذَ ittaḵaḏa

UK/əbˈzɔːb//æbˈsɔɹb/

absorb in Arabic: اِتَّخَذَ (ittaḵaḏa), تَحَمَّلَ (taḥammala), قَاسَى (qāsā), اِتَّسَعَ (ittasaʕa). In English, absorb means to include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

Arabic words for absorb

(physics, chemistry) to take up by chemical or physical action
اِتَّخَذَ ittaḵaḏa
to endure
تَحَمَّلَ taḥammala, قَاسَى qāsā
to include so that it no longer has separate existence
اِتَّسَعَ ittasaʕa, اِحْتَوَى iḥtawā
to suck up or drink in
اِمْتَصَ imtaṣa, تَشَرَّبَ tašarraba
to occupy fully
اِحْتَلَّ iḥtalla, شَغَلَ šaḡala, اِسْتَغْرَقَ istaḡraqa
to consume completely
اِسْتَنْفَدَ istanfada
to assimilate mentally
اِسْتَوْعَبَ istawʕaba, وَعَى waʕā
finance: to assume or pay for
دَفَعَ dafaʕa, تَحَمَّلَ taḥammala

English meaning of absorb

  1. verb To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
  2. verb To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
  3. verb To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
  4. verb To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.

Full definition of absorb

absorb in a sentence

  • The drops of water slowly absorbed into the dry sponge.
  • Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.
  • If we fail to absorb the lessons of history, we are doomed to repeat them.

Synonyms of absorb

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Questions about absorb in Arabic

What is the meaning of absorb in Arabic?
Absorb in Arabic is اِتَّخَذَ (ittaḵaḏa), تَحَمَّلَ (taḥammala), قَاسَى (qāsā), اِتَّسَعَ (ittasaʕa).
ما معنى كلمة absorb؟
Absorb: اِتَّخَذَ (ittaḵaḏa), تَحَمَّلَ (taḥammala), قَاسَى (qāsā), اِتَّسَعَ (ittasaʕa).
What does absorb mean in English?
Absorb means to include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.

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