absorbed

[ ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd ]

/ æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd /

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adjective

deeply interested or involved; preoccupied: He had an absorbed look on his face.

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Origin of absorbed

First recorded in 1755–65; absorb + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM absorbed

ab·sorb·ed·ly

[ab-sawr-bid-lee, -zawr-], /æbˈsɔr bɪd li, -ˈzɔr-/, adverbab·sorb·ed·ness, nounun·ab·sorbed, adjectivewell-ab·sorbed, adjective

Words nearby absorbed

absolutory, absolve, absonant, absorb, absorbance, absorbed, absorbed dose, absorbefacient, absorbent, absorbent cotton, absorber

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How to use absorbed in a sentence

Uber absorbed e-bike service JUMP into its app after acquiring it in 2018, proceeded to sideline or lay off much of its staff, and then offloaded it last year.
Uber expands into alcohol delivery with acquisition of Drizly for $1.1 billion|Faiz Siddiqui|February 2, 2021|Washington Post
The efficiency of this quantum mechanical first stage of photosynthesis is nearly perfect — almost all the absorbed light is converted into electrons the system can use.
Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.|Rodrigo Pérez Ortega|July 30, 2020|Quanta Magazine
As digesting food passes through the small intestine, it mixes with chemicals from the liver, and nutrients are absorbed.
‘Rectal Feeding’ Has Nothing to Do with Nutrition, Everything to Do with Torture|Russell Saunders|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse.
An Ivy League Frat Boy’s Shallow Repentance|Stefan Beck|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

In the book, you say “Absorb youth and you will be absorbed by youth.”
George Clinton on Industry ‘Mobsters’ and How Nobody Wants to Listen to a Crackhead|Curtis Stephen|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She has a hard time getting the self-absorbed, self-loathing D-lister to open up (in between booze binges).
'BoJack Horseman': The Debauched Tales of a Drunken, Groupie-Sexing D-List Horse, Hits Netflix|Marlow Stern|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It is important to know that gluten is not absorbed through the skin,” she wrote in response to my questions.
Celiac or Not, Gluten Free Dish Soap Is Ridiculous|Russell Saunders|July 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The occupants of the room had been too absorbed with their own affairs to notice the gradual dimming of the illumination.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Indol is absorbed and oxidized into indoxyl, which combines with potassium and sulphuric acid and is thus excreted.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
But her attention was all absorbed by the swiftly executed act by which Garnache had gained at least a temporary advantage.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
But Lady Hartledon did not hear; or if she heard, did not heed; she was already absorbed in the contents of her letter.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood

British Dictionary definitions for absorbed

absorbed

/ (əbˈsɔːbd, -ˈzɔːbd) /

adjective

engrossed; deeply interested

Derived forms of absorbed

absorbedly (əbˈsɔːbɪdlɪ, -ˈzɔː-), adverb

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