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Uncommonabsorb
The correct spelling is absorb.
How to pronounce absorb
/əbˈsɔːb/
verbIPA: /əbˈsɔːb/
Say it like: Abs-orb
The correct spelling is absorb. To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. For example: "Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass."
Usage Examples
“Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.”
Definition
verb
- 1.To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
- 2.To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
- 3.To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
- 4.To take in energy and convert it, as
- 5.To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
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