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It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy.
Sherry Turkle

Meaning of "engrossed" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ENGROSSED

engrossed  [ɪnˈɡrəʊst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENGROSSED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Engrossed is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ENGROSSED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

engrossed

Illuminated manuscript

An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders and miniature illustrations. In the most strict definition of the term, an illuminated manuscript only refers to manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, but in both common usage and modern scholarship, the term is now used to refer to any decorated or illustrated manuscript from the Western traditions. Comparable Far Eastern works are always described as painted, as are Mesoamerican works. Islamic manuscripts may be referred to as illuminated, illustrated or painted, though using essentially the same techniques as Western works. The earliest surviving substantive illuminated manuscripts are from the period AD 400 to 600, initially produced in Italy and the Eastern Roman Empire. The significance of these works lies not only in their inherent art historical value, but in the maintenance of a link of literacy offered by non-illuminated texts as well.

Definition of engrossed in the English dictionary

The definition of engrossed in the dictionary is completely absorbed in something to the exclusion of anything else.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENGROSSED


almost
ˈɔːlməʊst
blogpost
ˈblɒɡˌpəʊst
boast
bəʊst
coast
kəʊst
coste
kəʊst
foremost
ˈfɔːˌməʊst
ghost
ɡəʊst
host
həʊst
most
məʊst
outermost
ˈaʊtəˌməʊst
outpost
ˈaʊtˌpəʊst
overroast
ˌəʊvəˈrəʊst
post
pəʊst
pot-roast
ˈpɒtˌrəʊst
roast
rəʊst
sclerosed
ˈsklɪərəʊst
spit-roast
ˈspɪtrəʊst
toast
təʊst
uppermost
ˈʌpəˌməʊst
utmost
ˈʌtˌməʊst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENGROSSED

engrainedness
engrainer
engram
engrammatic
engrammic
engrasp
engrave
engraved
engraver
engravery
engraving
engraving plate
engrenage
engrieve
engroove
engross
engrossedly
engrossing
engrossingly
engrossment

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENGROSSED

blessed
compressed
criss-crossed
depressed
dressed
embossed
enmossed
fossed
get one´s wires crossed
impressed
non-prossed
obsessed
pressed
processed
star-crossed
storm-tossed
stressed
to be sadly missed
uncrossed
unglossed

Synonyms and antonyms of engrossed in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ENGROSSED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «engrossed» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of engrossed

Translation of «engrossed» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENGROSSED

Find out the translation of engrossed to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of engrossed from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «engrossed» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全神贯注的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

absorto
570 millions of speakers

English

engrossed
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तल्लीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منهمكين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поглощены
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entretido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিবিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

absorbé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Engrossed
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vertieft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

夢中になって
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몰두한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Engrossed
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hăng say
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மூழ்கி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तल्लीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dalmış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

assorto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pochłonięty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поглинені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

absorbit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απορροφημένος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verdiep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

upptagen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppslukt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of engrossed

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGROSSED»

The term «engrossed» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.781 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENGROSSED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about engrossed

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9 QUOTES WITH «ENGROSSED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word engrossed.
1
Gerard Butler
It was always a dream as I was growing up. I would watch movies, mostly American movies, and be so engrossed in those stories, all I wanted to do was be there. I wanted to be part of that romance or that fantasy or be that warrior or that struggling soul who finally makes it good.
2
Kresley Cole
I enjoy a good cliffhanger. As a reader, I relish that nervous feeling you get when you're engrossed in a story, but in the back of your mind you're aware that there aren't that many pages left. How will it end? Everything can't be wrapped up! This can't end! Then it does, and your heart seems to stop.
3
Jonathan Dee
'Anna Karenina.' I read it in college. I was so engrossed that I couldn't stop reading it and neglected all my other studies. I would go to the library even on nice warm weekends and just lock myself up. I think that was the first time that I felt transformed by a book.
4
Jane Gardam
While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed.
5
Ian Mcewan
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist.
6
Atticus Ross
With 'Gone Girl,' I sat down, and suddenly the end credits were rolling; you just become so engrossed in it.
7
Greg Rusedski
You do it for the highs, when you're totally engrossed and everything's flowing and whatever you want, you get. It's like magic. That's why you play the game. That's what it's for. That's why you work.
8
Sherry Turkle
It is painful to watch children trying to show off for parents who are engrossed in their cell phones. Children are nostalgic for the 'good old days' when parents used to read to them without the cell phone by their side or watch football games or Disney movies without having the BlackBerry handy.
9
John Varvatos
The music alone wasn't enough. It was great, but when an artist had an amazing look - like the MC5, or the Stooges, or Alice Cooper - you really got sucked in. The wardrobe was so important. At a show, you were engrossed in the music, but you were also engrossed in everything from the haircuts to what they were wearing.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENGROSSED»

Discover the use of engrossed in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to engrossed and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Major Provisions of Engrossed 1981 Assembly Bill 615: The ...
Engrossed Assembly Bill 615 consists of Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 plus Assembly Amendments 1 to 1, 1, 1 to 2, 2, 3, 3 to 4, 5, 11, 19, 30, 2 to 31, 31 and 34 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1. In this Memorandum, references to ...
Leslie Glustrom, 1982
2
Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York
amend an act entitled ' An act to authorise the supervisors of the county of Orleans to raise money to build a bridge across the Oak- Orchard and Marsh creeks in the town Carlton,' passed April 25th, 1829 ;" the engrossed bill entitled " An act to ...
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, 1830
3
Journal
And then the House adjourned till to-morrow morning, 10 o'clock. TUESDAY, December 16, 1788. An engrossed bill, "to revive and amend an act, entitled 'an act, for opening and straightening certain public roads ;" was read the third time, and ...
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, 1828
4
Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of ...
Ordered, That the said bills be engrossed and read a third time. Mr. Dupuy, from the committee to which a bill, " concerning the inspectors atFarmville warehouse," was committed, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That the said ...
Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, 1820
5
Journal of the Senate of the State of Indiana at Their ... ...
An engrossed bill to legalize the sale of the school lands in the counties of Montgomery and Tippecanoe; An engrossed bill changing the southern boundary of Elkhart county ; An engrossed bill to amend the act, entitled, an act to appropriate ...
Indiana. General Assembly. Senate, 1831
6
Index to the Journals of the Wisconsin Legislature ... ...
S. Amdt. Xo. 1, S., and passage rec 684 5 — IB. S. Amdt. Xo. 1, S., adopted. Ord. engrossed. Cor. engrossed 714 .V— 18. S. Passed 743* 5— 20. A. Recd, from senate. Referred to Courts ami Proecdure 1077 5— 24. A. Conc, rec 1111 5—20.
Wisconsin. Legislature, 1911
7
Journal
A message from the Senate, informing' that they had passed the engrossed hill fill 'lQ-iltlrltfil'y and declaratory o{'~the several laws now in force concernin the-town of Oxford, zind askingthc concurrence of this House. The said bil was 'l'c-z'tii ...
North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives, 1833
8
Journal of the Proceedings of the House of Delegates of the ...
23 of 1841, passed and sent to the senate 309; returned passed ano ordered to be engrossed 423. Leave granted to report a bill to allow William Dellinger, late collector in Washington county further time to complete his, 16; bill reported and ...
Maryland. General Assembly. House of Delegates, 1844
9
The American Revolution
For every skin or piece of vellum or parchment, or sheet or piece of paper, on which shall be engrossed, written, or printed any declaration, plea, replication, rejoinder, demurrer, or other pleading, or any copy thereof, in any court of law within ...
David F. Burg, 2007
10
Parliamentary register
Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons. Refolved, That a duty of 5s. be paid for every (kin or piece of vellum or parchment, or piece or meet of paper, on which shall be engrossed or written, during the time aforefaid, any recognizance ...
Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons, 1786

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENGROSSED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term engrossed is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Prince Charles with Kate Humble as he and wife Camilla Parker …
Attentive Charles appeared engrossed in the workings of the organic farm as he was seen pointing out different activities throughout their route. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Greek crisis: Twitter actively shapes fast-moving events
A group of MEPs, some of them from Ukip, then spotted that Juncker was engrossed in his phone, rather than listening to the debate. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Michael Douglas: Give me more anti-ageing Ant-Man
Paul also became engrossed in considering a return to his alterego - known as Scott Lang when he isn't Ant-Man - although he thinks it should ... «Film News, Jul 15»
4
Playing TETRIS Reduces PTSD Flashbacks, Study Shows
A new research has suggested that playing Tetris can be favorable for patients suffering from recent trauma, as being engrossed in the ... «Latinos Health, Jul 15»
5
Add to Watch Later
Mike and Tayler, still engrossed in conversation, move to empty barstools and order a drink. Ironically, “Tainted Love” has begun playing as ... «L.A. Weekly, Jul 15»
6
Audi Q7 3.0 TDI (2015) prototype review in Namibia
Like the backbenchers in our test car, two journalists engrossed in a pair of removable tablets, who, via speedy LTE connection, miss some of ... «CAR Magazine, Jul 15»
7
Sangeeta Bijlani a part of the Azhar biopic?
They exchanged warm greetings and were later seen engrossed in a good long chat. She wished her well too! We now wonder was Sangeeta ... «Bollywood Life, Jul 15»
8
Re/insurance M&A could have upside, alt capital a factor: Goldman …
While the insurance and reinsurance market is engrossed in a search for relevance, scale and diversity of underwriting platform, the resulting ... «Artemis.bm, Jul 15»
9
'Nothing to debate': Second Amendment, legal gun in my purse …
The armed guard patrolling the second floor was engrossed in a phone conversation, instead of checking the parking lot. I unlocked our door, ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
10
Why Marvel's Punisher Needs to Headline His Own Comic or Movie
I find myself engrossed in his story. Not because of what he does but in his character. He is a lonely man, a man that has nothing left, a man ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»

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