0 to take something in, especially gradually:
1 to understand facts or ideas completely and remember them:
It's hard to absorb so much information.
2 to take up someone's attention completely:
3 if a business absorbs the cost of something, it pays that cost easily:
4 if one company absorbs another company, it takes control of it and they become one company:
Telecorp Holdings absorbed its Spanish subsidiary into its British headquarters.
6 to completely take the attention of someone:
It was difficult to absorb so much information.
7 if an organization absorbs the cost of something, it pays that cost:
8 if one company absorbs another company in a takeover, they become one company:
Telecorp Holdings absorbed its Spanish subsidiary, Digital Corporation, into its British headquarters.
I'm so tired, my poor befuddled brain can't absorb any more.
For running on hard roads, you need shoes with extra cushioning to absorb the shock.
From an early age, children absorb everything going on around them.
He was so absorbed in his work, he hadn't realized everyone else had gone home.
Vitamin D is absorbed by the body after exposure to sunshine.
The process converges to a unique absorbing state in which all players cooperate.
In this process, the energy absorbed by the electrons during the interaction with the laser pulse is converted into both radiation and ion kinetic energy.
Later they absorbed the surviving nomadic descendants of the authentic autochtons.
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