absorbing

English

Etymology

From absorb +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/, /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪŋ

Adjective

absorbing (comparative more absorbing, superlative most absorbing)

1. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

   an absorbing pursuit

   • 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh.

2. (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.

Synonyms

• engrossing
• fascinating
• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Derived terms

• absorbingly
• nonabsorbing
• unabsorbing
• vibroabsorbing

 

Translations

engrossing

• Bulgarian: поглъщащ (bg) (poglǎštašt), увлекателен (bg) (uvlekatelen)
• Dutch: boeiend (nl), grijpend (nl) meeslepend (nl)
• Finnish: mukaansatempaava
• German: fesselnd (de)
• Indonesian: penyerap (id)
• Interlingua: absorbente
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: absorberende

• Portuguese: absorvente (pt)
• Russian: увлека́тельный (ru) m (uvlekátelʹnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: zanìmljiv (sh), занѝмљив
• Spanish: absorbente (es)
• Turkish: sürükleyici (tr)
• Volapük: änüsugön

math: of a state

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

Verb

absorbing

1. present participle and gerund of absorb