English Dictionary

absorb

IPA（発音記号）

/əbˈzɔːb/

動詞

他動詞 廃用

(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.

日本語の意味

（物質や情報などを）吸収する / 取り込んで一体化する / 同化する / （他を）飲み込むようにして消す

The company plans to absorb the smaller competitor into its operations next quarter.

その会社は来四半期に小さな競合他社を自社の事業に吸収する予定です。

意味（1）

(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.

Dark oblivion soon absorbs them all.

意味（2）

(transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.

to be absorpt, or swallowed up, in a lake of fire and brimstone.

意味（3）

(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.

意味（4）

(transitive, physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.

意味（5）

(transitive, physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.

意味（6）

(transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.

意味（7）

(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.

Geeka was cooking dinner. As the little girl played she prattled continuously to her companion, propped in a sitting position with a couple of twigs. She was totally absorbed in the domestic duties of Geeka – so much so that she did not note the gentle swaying of the branches of the tree above her as they bent to the body of the creature that had entered them stealthily from the jungle.

意味（8）

(transitive) To occupy or consume time.

意味（9）

(transitive) Assimilate mentally.

意味（10）

(transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.

Among the most debatable is the contention that the profit margins of small employers are insufficient to absorb the costs of health insurance

意味（11）

(transitive) To defray the costs.

意味（12）

(transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.

absorbs （ present singular third-person ）

absorbing （ participle present ）

absorbed （ participle past ）

absorbed （ past ）

absorpt （ archaic participle past ）

absorpt （ archaic past ）

（ table-tags ）

en-conj （ inflection-template ）

absorb （ infinitive ）