English-French translations for absorb

absorber
La culture peut se communiquer et elle est capable à la fois d'absorber et d'éliminer. Culture can be communicated and is capable of both absorbing and eliminating. Ils seraient à même d'absorber les principes qui régissent le fonctionnement de notre démocratie. They would be able to absorb the principles governing the working of our democracy.
accaparer

acquérir
Tous ces programmes sont importants pour donner effectivement à l'individu l'opportunité d'entreprendre une formation et d'acquérir la nécessaire mobilité. All this is important as a way of giving the individual in the job market a real chance to absorb education and experience genuine mobility.
adopter
Le succès des réformes intérieures menées par certains pays leur a permis d'absorber rapidement l'élargissement de 2004 et d'adopter les principes d'un marché commun dans tous les secteurs. The success of domestic reforms in some countries has allowed them to quickly absorb enlargement in 2004 and to adopt the principles of the common market in all areas.
assumerLes gestionnaires des centrales nucléaires ne doivent assumer qu'une responsabilité très limitée et l'État absorbe cela. The owners of the nuclear power stations only have limited liability, and the State absorbs that. Maintenant que le peuple bulgare les a désavoués, il n'y a personne pour assumer la situation et prendre leur place pour aider la Bulgarie à absorber efficacement les fonds européens. Now that the Bulgarian people have voted them out of office, there is nobody to step forward and take their place to help Bulgaria absorb European funds effectively.
captiver
engranger
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To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully
To occupy or consume time.
To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction
To accept or purchase in quantity

Heat, light, and electricity are absorbed in the substances into which they pass.

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