absorbing

[ab-sawr-bing, -zawr-]

adjective

1. extremely interesting; deeply engrossing.

   an absorbing drama.

absorbing

/ -ˈzɔːb-, əbˈsɔːbɪŋ /

adjective

1. occupying one's interest or attention; engrossing; gripping

Other Word Forms

• absorbingly adverb
• nonabsorbing adjective
• unabsorbing adjective
• unabsorbingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of absorbing¹

First recorded in 1745–55; absorb + -ing ²

Example Sentences

"Forests help to curb the worst effects of climate change by absorbing some of the carbon dioxide released from burning fossil fuels, but our work shows this is under threat," said Dr Carle.

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"Forests help to curb the worst effects of climate change by absorbing some of the carbon dioxide released by burning fossil fuels," said lead author Hannah Carle, from Western Sydney University.

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That would boost Argentina’s reserves of foreign currency, which is crucial to absorbing economic shocks and repaying the country’s billions of dollars in foreign debt.

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A well-built, blackly comic morality play for which he stayed behind the camera, it’s among both his less metafictional endeavors and his most conventionally absorbing.

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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva chose to host the world's most important climate talks in Belem, the gateway to the Amazon, to spotlight the role of forests in absorbing carbon dioxide.

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