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# engrossed

adjective (engrossed); past form of verb engross (engross, engrosses, engrossed, engrossing)

«engrossed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To be engrossed in something is to be so busy with it that you notice nothing else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engrossed/#m1)

### In the lessons

so deep in a task or thought that you forget everything around you

### Examples

- He appeared to be altogether engrossed in his work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engrossed/#x1)
- The children were engrossed in the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engrossed/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «engrossed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/engrossed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«engrossed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/engrossed.html) on Mova free.