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Definition of absorbed adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

absorbed

adjective

NAmE//əbˈsɔrbd//

, NAmE//əbˈzɔrbd//

[not usually before noun] absorbed in something/somebody

very interested in something or someone so that you are not paying attention to anything else She seemed totally absorbed in her book.

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