engrossment

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/ɛnˈɡɹəʊsmənt/

noun

The state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.

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concentrationabsorptionimmersionpreoccupationpreoccupancyintentness
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Meanings

nounengrossment (countable and uncountable, plural engrossments)

plural engrossments · alternative archaic historical ingrossment

  1. uncountableThe state of being engrossed; concentration or preoccupation.

    I had been too profoundly disabused of life's dearest illusions ever again to allow of their sweet engrossment.

    1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 201
  2. countablelawThe fact or instance of preparing the final draft legal document for execution or completion.
  3. countableinformallawSuch document that has not yet been executed or completed.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncomplete attention; intense mental effort

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concentrationabsorptionimmersion
Broader
attention

nounthe mental state of being preoccupied by something

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preoccupationpreoccupancyabsorption
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cognitive statestate of mind

nounthe quality of being intent and concentrated

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intentness
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assiduityassiduousnessconcentration
Also see
absorptionconcentrationimmersionintentnesspreoccupancypreoccupation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From engross + -ment.

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APA

engrossment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossment

MLA

“engrossment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossment. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “engrossment,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/engrossment.

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