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English
Etymology
absorb + -ing
Pronunciation
Adjective
absorbing (comparative more absorbing, superlative most absorbing)
- Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
- An absorbing pursuit.
2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:It was a dramatic finish to an absorbing, fast-paced game but Blackburn will be deeply unhappy with referee Anthony Taylor as Nzonzi's handball was harsh.
- (statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
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Translations
math: of a state
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- Bokmål: please add this translation if you can
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Verb
absorbing
- present participle and gerund of absorb
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absorbing”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.