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How to pronounce “absorb”

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Pronunciation guide for absorb

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of absorb with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The Power of the Highly Sensitive Personbecause you're absorbing those emotions,
Definition summary: (transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]

Example 1 of 8

The Power of the Highly Sensitive Person

because you're absorbing those emotions,

[Verb]
(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. [first attested c. 1350 to 1470.]
(transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. [Attested from the late 15th century until the late 18th century.]
(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. [first attested in the early 17th century.]
(intransitive) To be absorbed, or sucked in; to sink in.
(transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it. [first attested in the early 18th century.]
(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully. [first attested in the late 18th century.]
(transitive) To occupy or consume time. [first attested in the mid 19th century.]
(transitive) To assimilate mentally. [first attested in the late 19th century.]
(transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
(transitive) To defray the costs.
(transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.