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noun
The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Such document that has not yet been executed or completed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, informal
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being intent and concentrated
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: intentness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: assiduity, assiduousness, concentration
noun
the mental state of being preoccupied by something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: preoccupation, preoccupancy, absorption
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cognitive state, state of mind
Narrower terms: abstractedness, abstraction, absentmindedness
noun
complete attention; intense mental effort
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: concentration, absorption, immersion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attention
Narrower terms: focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering, specialism, study
History
Etymology tree English engross Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English engrossment From engross + -ment.
