engrossed

«engrossed» in Mova's school dictionary: to be so busy with it that you notice nothing else — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

To be engrossed in something is to be so busy with it that you notice nothing else. tree →

sense 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 →
• The children were engrossed in the story. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «engrossed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.