absorbing - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/, /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/, /əbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪŋ
absorbing (comparative more absorbing, superlative most absorbing)
- Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. [First attested in the mid 18th century.][1]
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.
- (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
- engrossing
- fascinating
- See also Thesaurus:exciting
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
absorbing
- present participle and gerund of absorb
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbing”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.