adj
Meaning 1
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- an absorbing pursuit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
absorbing
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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Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/
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US: /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/
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US: /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/
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US: /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/
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US: /əbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)bɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 B Z AO1 R B IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Absorption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of absorb
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
capable of arousing and holding the attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a fascinating story
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: engrossing, fascinating, gripping, riveting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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 -ing English absorbing From absorb + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: поглъщащ (poglǎštašt) — engrossing
- Bulgarian: увлекателен (uvlekatelen) — engrossing
- Dutch: boeiend — engrossing
- Dutch: grijpend meeslepend — engrossing
- Finnish: mukaansatempaava — engrossing
- German: fesselnd — engrossing
- Indonesian: penyerap — engrossing
- Interlingua: absorbente — engrossing
- Norwegian Bokmål: absorberende — engrossing
- Portuguese: absorvente — engrossing
- Russian: увлека́тельный (uvlekátelʹnyj) — engrossing
- Serbo-Croatian: zanìmljiv — engrossing
- Serbo-Croatian: занѝмљив — engrossing
- Spanish: absorbente — engrossing
- Turkish: sürükleyici — engrossing
- Volapük: änüsugön — engrossing
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