Word: Absorption
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘the swallowing up of something’): from Latin absorptio(n-), from absorbere ‘swallow up’ (see absorb)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əbˈzɔːpʃn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the process by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
Short Definition:process by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
Examples:- the country's absorption into the Ottoman Empire
- shock absorption
Definition:
the state of being engrossed in something
Short Definition:state of being engrossed in something
Examples:- her absorption in the problems of the Third World
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