Synonym: assimilate, engross, incorporate, soak up, sponge, suck up, take in. Similar words: forbid, orbit, abstract, abstinence, sorry, resort, sensor, sponsor. Meaning: [əb'sɔːb] v. 1. become imbued 2. take up mentally 3. take up, as of debts or payments 4. take in, also metaphorically 5. cause to become one with 6. suck or take up or in 7. engross (oneself) fully 8. assimilate or take in 9. engage or engross wholly.
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(91) Others could lose $ 1, 000 or more and absorb the loss.
(92) Many contractors may not be able to absorb those losses.
(93) It has to absorb all the liquid it requires through its skin.
(94) If Susan can afford to cover a loss, she should absorb it herself without a policy, Yeske advised.
(95) Those which happen to come to rest in a non-absorbing direction will absorb no more photons, and will thereafter stay put.
(96) These are poor in nutrients and their peaty soils have little capacity to absorb any more acid without deleterious effects.
(97) There is considerable evidence that people only remember or absorb up to seven points in any communication situation.
(98) The intra-uterine device is a foreign body[sentencedict.com/absorb.html], as are the tampons used to absorb the menstrual flow.
(99) These then combine with other oxygen molecules to form three-atom ozone molecules, resistant to ultraviolet radiation and able to absorb it.
(100) Do the workers themselves absorb the costs in lower pay?
(101) Water has a greater capacity to absorb heat than any other natural material except for ammonia.
(102) The piled fibres absorb and reflect the light, alternating deep and pale hues and giving the cloth its unique lustre.
(103) Apparently, this made the conker more malleable, allowing it to absorb the impact of my prize pickled nut.
(104) Carbon monoxide Carbon monoxide is a poisonous gas which, when inhaled, limits the body's capacity to absorb oxygen.
(105) Its society would simply absorb, reshape and adapt to ensure the fate and prosperity of the individual.
(106) For plants to photosynthesise and produce sugars in their leaf cells, they need to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide.
(107) Other plants sown with the reeds absorb heavy metals and harmful bacteria.
(108) That way, you stand a better chance of getting the impatient reader to absorb the essence of your message.
(109) Few athletic teams can successfully absorb the loss of three starting players.
(110) Therefore(sentencedict.com), it seems shareholders should absorb the risks of an enterprise in preference to management doing so.
(111) From their direct observations they absorb a model of marriage.
(112) They can absorb the loss because of the interest they earn on all the other loans.
(113) This gives the organization time to absorb the idea, to build consensus and to reduce resistance.
(114) The problem was more one of having to absorb a vast amount of information in a short space of time.
(115) No city could absorb such a body-blow without showing the effects, and by 1937 Danzig was in severe financial difficulties.
(116) I keep the lesson simple because small kids can't absorb that much.
(117) Indeed, permanently fixed exchange rates could be positively harmful since changing parities can act as a buffer to absorb economic shocks.
(118) This method serves a dual function - it will absorb irregularities in the existing floorboards, and also muffle sound.
(119) The insole is designed to absorb shock and provide arch support.
(120) Thick curtains and other soft furnishings will also help absorb airborne noises.
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