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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "absorb"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take in energy, liquid, etc.
Transitive: to absorb a substance or energy
to absorb definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sponge absorbed the spilled water from the countertop.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻžā§āϜ āĻ•āĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāϟāĻĒ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϜāϞ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to understand and incorporate information, ideas, or experiences
Transitive: to absorb information or ideas
to absorb definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the workshop, participants have the opportunity to absorb valuable insights from industry experts.
āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻļāĻĒ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻœā§āĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻŦāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŸā§‡āύ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to be taken in or drawn into something
Intransitive: to absorb into sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sunlight absorbed into the dark surface, causing it to warm up.
āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ• āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϧāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ  āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻļā§‹āώāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ—āϰāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take in a form of energy, such as heat or light
Transitive: to absorb energy
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The black surface absorbed more heat from the sun than the white surface.
āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cover or pay for the expenses of something
Transitive: to absorb a cost
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hotel absorbed the extra charges for the guest ’s extended stay.
āĻšā§‹āĻŸā§‡āϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϧāĻŋāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻāϕ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take something in and integrate it into a larger system or whole
Transitive: to absorb sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The library absorbed the new collection of books into its archives.
āϞāĻžāχāĻŦā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻžāχāϭ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to fully engage someone’s focus or interest
Transitive: to absorb a person or their attention
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The movie was so gripping that it absorbed everyone in the theater.
āϚāϞāĻšā§āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĨāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϟāĻžāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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