Question 1 · Quick check
engross
CEFRC2
/ɪnˈɡɹəʊs/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To give all your attention to something.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo buy up wholesale, especially to buy the whole supply of (a commodity etc.).
Examples
I didn't want the task to engross all of my free time.
The complex puzzle will likely engross him for hours.
At a glance
Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ɛnˈɡɹoʊs/
- /ɛŋˈɡɹoʊs/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo monopolize; to concentrate (something) in the single possession of someone, especially unfairly.
To write (a document) in large, aesthetic, and legible lettering; to make a finalized copy of.
To completely engage the attention of; to involve.
More examples
In contextThe mystery novel was so exciting it would engross any reader.
She seems to be completely engrossed in that book.
laws that may be engrossed upon a finger nail
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Origin
verb
From Middle English engrossen, from Anglo-Norman engrosser (“to gather in large quantities, draft something in final form”); partly from the phrase en gros (“in bulk, in quantity, at wholesale”), from en- + gros; and partly from Medieval Latin ingrossō (“thicken, write something large and in bold lettering”, v.), from in- + grossus (“great, big, thick”), from Old High German grōz (“big, thick, coarse”), from Proto-West Germanic *graut, from Proto-Germanic *grautaz (“large, great, thick, coarse grained, unrefined”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrewə- (“to fell, put down, fall in”). More at in-, gross. By surface analysis, en- + gross.