engrossing

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English

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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɛnˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡɹəʊsɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɛnˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/, /ɛŋˈɡɹoʊsɪŋ/
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Adjective

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engrossing (comparative more engrossing, superlative most engrossing)

  1. Utterly consuming one's time and attention.
    Synonyms: absorbing, fascinating
    an engrossing documentary
    • 2020 October 12, Dwight Garner, “Don DeLillo, an Old Hand at Paranoia and Dread, Meets Us Where We Are”, in New York Times[1]:
      The good news about “The Silence” is that it’s engrossing and that, at 83, DeLillo’s syntax is as prickly as ever.

Translations

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Verb

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engrossing

  1. present participle and gerund of engross

Noun

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engrossing (plural engrossings)

  1. The act of one who engrosses, or buys up wholesale.

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