adj, verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of engross form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Preoccupied with something to the exclusion of everything else.

   "The children were engrossed by the story."

2. 2
   Finalized, written in large letters. (of a document)

Adjective

1. 1
   giving or marked by complete attention to wordnet
2. 2
   written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

writtenabsentabsent-mindedabsentmindedabsorbedabsorbed

Example

More examples

"Takeo is engrossed in solving mathematical problems."

Related phrases

engrossed amendment

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