engross
verb/ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
/ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they engross | /ɪnˈɡrəʊs/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊs/ |
| he / she / it engrosses | /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪz/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪz/ |
| past simple engrossed | /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ |
| past participle engrossed | /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊst/ |
| -ing form engrossing | /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/ /ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/ |
- engross somebody if something engrosses you, it is so interesting that you give it all your attention and time
- As the business grew, it totally engrossed him.
Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as ingross): based on en-, in- ‘in’ + late Latin grossus ‘large’. The current sense is from Old French en gros, from medieval Latin in grosso ‘wholesale’Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
engross