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If you a_____ information, you learn and understand it.If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual.We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news. verbIf something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in.Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and moisture from the soil.Refined sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly.If something absorbs light, heat, or another form of energy, it takes it in.The dark material absorbs light and warms up.If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group.The Colonial Office was absorbed into the Foreign Office....an economy capable of absorbing thousands of immigrants.If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect ....footwear which does not absorb the impact of the foot striking the ground.If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them.The banks would be forced to absorb large losses.We can't absorb those costs.If something absorbs something valuable such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it.It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment.It might help if campaigning didn't absorb so much time and money.If you absorb information, you learn and understand it.Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual.We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news.If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy....a second career which absorbed her more completely than her acting ever had. B2

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absorb absorbsabsorbingabsorbed

query	If you a_____ information, you learn and understand it.If you absorb information, you learn and understand it. Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual. We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news.
word	absorb
full-definition	verb If something absorbs a liquid, gas, or other substance, it soaks it up or takes it in. Plants absorb carbon dioxide from the air and moisture from the soil. Refined sugars are absorbed into the bloodstream very quickly. If something absorbs light, heat, or another form of energy, it takes it in. The dark material absorbs light and warms up. If a group is absorbed into a larger group, it becomes part of the larger group. The Colonial Office was absorbed into the Foreign Office. ...an economy capable of absorbing thousands of immigrants. If something absorbs a force or shock, it reduces its effect . ...footwear which does not absorb the impact of the foot striking the ground. If a system or society absorbs changes, effects, or costs, it is able to deal with them. The banks would be forced to absorb large losses. We can't absorb those costs. If something absorbs something valuable such as money, space, or time, it uses up a great deal of it. It absorbed vast amounts of capital that could have been used for investment. It might help if campaigning didn't absorb so much time and money. If you absorb information, you learn and understand it. Too often he only absorbs half the information in the manual. We closed our offices at 2:00 p.m. to give employees time to absorb the bad news. If something absorbs you, it interests you a great deal and takes up all your attention and energy. ...a second career which absorbed her more completely than her acting ever had.
inflections	absorbsabsorbingabsorbed
cefr-level	B2

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