absorbed
adjective/əbˈzɔːbd/
/əbˈzɔːrbd/
[not usually before noun]- absorbed in something/somebody very interested in something/somebody so that you are not paying attention to anything else
- She seemed totally absorbed in her book.
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc1- A jigsaw puzzle can keep me absorbed for hours.
- He was totally absorbed in his book.
- She was completely absorbed in the task.
- absorbed in thought
- He was too absorbed in watching the game to notice.
- She soon became absorbed, oblivious to the passage of time.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- look
- …
- very
- completely
- fully
- …
- in
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