reabsorb
verb
reabsorb is a verb meaning “To absorb again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-A-B-S-O-R-B and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reabsorb mean?
verb
- 1
To absorb again.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reabsorb?
Reabsorb has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reabsorb
- reabsorbs present, singular, he/she/it
- reabsorbing participle, present
- reabsorbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reabsorb?
Reabsorb appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does reabsorb come from?
From re- + absorb.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).