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absorbed

American  
[ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd] / æbˈsɔrbd, -ˈzɔrbd /

adjective

  1. deeply interested or involved; preoccupied.

    He had an absorbed look on his face.


absorbed British  
/ əbˈsɔːbɪdlɪ, -ˈzɔːbd, -ˈzɔː-, əbˈsɔːbd /

adjective

  1. engrossed; deeply interested

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of absorbed

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

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One of their studies tracked mountain climbers and found that being totally absorbed in a demanding task well done correlated directly with happiness.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

That porous structure would have absorbed and weakened some of the energy from the collision, helping Deimos survive the impact.

From Science Daily Aug. 26, 2026

What she absorbed instead, her mother, Jessica Leffler, said, was that she was too much: too dramatic, difficult, strange.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

SpaceX, which absorbed Musk's AI startup xAI before going public, made its listing a partial AI bet, too.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

For his part, Bobby was astonished at how much insight he absorbed from the book.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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