"absorbing" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US], /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US], /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US], /əbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-absorbing.ogg [US] Forms: more absorbing [comparative], most absorbing [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪŋ Etymology: absorb + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absorb|ing}} absorb + -ing Head templates: {{en-adj}} absorbing (comparative more absorbing, superlative most absorbing)
  1. Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest. Translations (engrossing): поглъщащ (poglǎštašt) (Bulgarian), увлекателен (uvlekatelen) (Bulgarian), boeiend (Dutch), grijpend meeslepend (Dutch), mukaansatempaava (Finnish), fesselnd (German), penyerap (Indonesian), absorbente (Interlingua), absorberende (Norwegian Bokmål), absorvente (Portuguese), увлека́тельный (uvlekátelʹnyj) [masculine] (Russian), zanìmljiv (Serbo-Croatian), занѝмљив (Serbo-Croatian), absorbente (Spanish), sürükleyici (Turkish), änüsugön (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-absorbing-en-adj-UV7qCOFc Disambiguation of 'engrossing': 97 3
  2. (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it. Categories (topical): Statistics
    Sense id: en-absorbing-en-adj-tYFTRwiF Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: engrossing, fascinating Derived forms: absorbingly, nonabsorbing, unabsorbing, vibroabsorbing

Verb [English]

IPA: /əbˈzɔː.bɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /əbˈsɔː.bɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /æbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US], /æbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US], /əbˈzɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US], /əbˈsɔɹ.bɪŋ/ [US] Audio: en-us-absorbing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪŋ Etymology: absorb + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|absorb|ing}} absorb + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} absorbing
  1. present participle and gerund of absorb Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: absorb
    Sense id: en-absorbing-en-verb-0gbX2HYw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 28 67 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 15 22 63

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