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absorb
verb as in physically take in a liquid
verb as in mentally take in information
Strongest matches
assimilate, follow, get, incorporate, learn, take in, understand
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Example Sentences
His albums take a long time to absorb, but this one also hits with ferocious immediacy.
The finding, based on experiments with 2-year-olds, suggests that even very young kids are capable of absorbing grammatical cues from language and leveraging that information to acquire new words.
Enamel and copper absorb and reflect light in different ways, animating the polished object.
Some analysts wonder whether Comcast is preparing the cable channels to be absorbed by another company or a private equity firm.
"This result suggests that the surface layer absorbs or scatters SEs from the second layer. This absorption contributes to the method's depth sensitivity."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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