absorbed

[ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd]

adjective

1. deeply interested or involved; preoccupied.

   He had an absorbed look on his face.

absorbed

/ əbˈsɔːbɪdlɪ, -ˈzɔːbd, -ˈzɔː-, əbˈsɔːbd /

adjective

1. engrossed; deeply interested

Other Word Forms

• absorbedly adverb
• absorbedness noun
• unabsorbed adjective
• well-absorbed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of absorbed¹

First recorded in 1755–65; absorb + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But the roots of this development, he contends, lie even further back—in the classical texts that early modern thinkers read and absorbed.

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Declaring its mission "accomplished" despite the worsening security situation, Wagner announced its withdrawal from Mali in June this year, with analysts saying that most of its fighters had been absorbed into Africa Corps.

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At Loyola High he absorbed the Jesuit maxim of being a man for others.

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When two photons strike the particle at the same moment and are absorbed together, they can remove a single electron.

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This helps explain why U.S. corporate profit margins have risen in the wake of higher trade tariffs, which are partially being absorbed by companies rather than passed on to consumers as higher prices.

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Related Words

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• engaged 
• engrossed 
• fascinated 
• involved 
• preoccupied