adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET:AH0 B Z AO1 R B D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
fully absorbed
deeply absorbed
She was so absorbed in her book that she didn’t hear the phone.
The scientist remained absorbed in his experiments.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
That has been taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of absorb
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:absorbed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
giving or marked by complete attention to- Walter de la Mare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
that engrossed look or rapt delight
then wrapped in dreams
so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebh- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobhéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb English -ed English absorbed From absorb + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bengali:
মশগুল
(mośgul)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Chinese Mandarin:
專心 /专心
(zhuānxīn)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Czech:
pohlcený
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Dutch:
inbeslaggenomen
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Esperanto:
absorbita
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Finnish:
uppoutunut
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Finnish:
syventynyt
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
French:
absorbé
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
French:
captivé
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
German:
vertieft
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Hindi:
मगन
(magan)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Hindi:
मग्न
(magna)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Hindi:
तल्लीन
(tallīn)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Japanese:
夢中になる
(muchū ni naru)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Occitan:
absorbit
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Occitan:
perpensatiu
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Occitan:
pensatiu
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Portuguese:
absorvido
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Portuguese:
absorto
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Romanian:
absorbit
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Romanian:
captivat
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Romanian:
îngândurat
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Russian:
поглощённый
(pogloščónnyj)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Russian:
увлечённый
(uvlečónnyj)
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Spanish:
absorto
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Spanish:
ensimismado
— fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed
Czech:
pohlcený
— taken in by a body without reflection
Dutch:
geabsorbeerd
— taken in by a body without reflection
Dutch:
opgenomen
— taken in by a body without reflection
Finnish:
absorboitunut
— taken in by a body without reflection
Hindi:
अवशोषित
(avśoṣit)
— taken in by a body without reflection
Portuguese:
absorvido
— taken in by a body without reflection
Romanian:
absorbit
— taken in by a body without reflection
Russian:
поглощённый
(pogloščónnyj)
— taken in by a body without reflection
Spanish:
absorbido
— taken in by a body without reflection
Dutch:
geabsorbeerd
— taken by through the pores of a surface
Finnish:
imeytynyt
— taken by through the pores of a surface
Hindi:
अवशोषित
(avśoṣit)
— taken by through the pores of a surface
Portuguese:
absorvido
— taken by through the pores of a surface
Portuguese:
absorto
— taken by through the pores of a surface
Romanian:
absorbit
— taken by through the pores of a surface
Russian:
впи́танный
(vpítannyj)
— taken by through the pores of a surface
Spanish:
absorbido
— taken by through the pores of a surface
