absorbed

absorbed

English

Etymology

absorb +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈsɔɹbd/, /æbˈzɔɹbd/, /əbˈsɔɹbd/, /əbˈzɔɹbd/

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Adjective

absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)

1. Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][1]
2. Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.][1]

Translations

fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed

Bengali: মশগুল (bn) (môśôgul) Chinese: Mandarin: 專心／专心 (zh) (zhuānxīn) Czech: pohlcený Dutch: inbeslaggenomen Finnish: uppoutunut, syventynyt French: absorbé (fr), captivé (fr) German: vertieft (de) Japanese: 夢中になる (ja) (むちゅうになる, muchū ni naru) Occitan: absorbit, perpensatiu, pensatiu (oc) Portuguese: absorvido, absorto (pt) Romanian: absorbit (ro), captivat (ro), îngândurat (ro) Russian: поглощённый (ru) (pogloščónnyj), увлечённый (ru) (uvlečónnyj) Spanish: absorto (es), ensimismado (es)

taken in by a body without reflection

Czech: pohlcený Dutch: geabsorbeerd (nl), opgenomen (nl) Finnish: absorboitunut (fi) Hindi: अवशोषित (avśoṣit) Portuguese: absorvido Romanian: absorbit (ro) Russian: поглощённый (ru) (pogloščónnyj)

taken by through the pores of a surface

Dutch: geabsorbeerd (nl) Finnish: imeytynyt (fi) Hindi: अवशोषित (avśoṣit) Portuguese: absorvido, absorto (pt) Romanian: absorbit (ro) Russian: впи́танный (ru) (vpítannyj)

Verb

absorbed

1. simple past tense and past participle of absorb

Derived terms

• absorbed dose
• self-absorbed

See also

• adsorbed

References

1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbed”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.

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Spanish

Verb

absorbed

1. second-person plural imperative of absorber