to steep
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5.8
- verb
- /stiːp/
:
empaparse de
- It is a land steeped in tradition.
- steeped in tradition
- steeped in culture
- steeped in politics
But we are steeped in these false assumptions.
- But we are steeped in these false assumptions.
- You know, what do I have to share with them that they haven't just been steeped in for the last, you know, four years?
- You and I are steeped in the science that is based on separation.
- The point of this is not to steep in the regret, but to learn about the people around you.
- I do think that comes from being steeped in teaching that is like fear porn.
- First, they are less steeped in and burdened by the conventions of the field that they are attacking.
- He was a religious fanatic, totally steeped in the Bible, steeped in the Old Testament.
- He was not steeped in the whole, you know, milieu of theoretical physics for a long time.
- And I certainly steeped myself in it, but I was always honest with the people I talked to who were practicing it.
- And they are just steeped in their own confirmation bias, and the only thing they're looking to do is reinforce that.
- Who is the crown with whom you want to steep yourself in?
- The, the thing that's the field I'm steeped in and do for my consulting is ocean drone programs and that's really advanced in a huge way.
Examples
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In addition, the surgeons who perform the procedures are often steeped in prevailing ideologies about breasts, beauty, and bodies.
Academic text (2013) -
He was so steeped in his research that he forgot to eat lunch.
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The point of this is not to steep in the regret, but to learn about the people around you.
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And I certainly steeped myself in it, but I was always honest with the people I talked to who were practicing it.
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The rest were older people steeped in knowledge of the land and Navajo culture.
Academic text (1993) -
For centuries, the American imagination has been steeped in the Hebrew Scriptures.
Academic text (2008) -
Born in 1942, Aido grew up steeped in African traditions, but also received a Western education.
Fiction book (2000) -
You're steeped in history.
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He was a religious fanatic, totally steeped in the Bible, steeped in the Old Testament.
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Jean Monnet was steeped in the French bureaucratic big-state tradition.
Synonyms
112
3.1
To give all your attention to something
59
4.8
Make someone fully involved in an activity or interest
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4.2
To move suddenly and energetically into something like water or a new activity
28
4.2
To become fully involved in an activity or subject
17
5.8
To hold someone's full attention
16
3.9
To take in and enjoy the atmosphere or information
Antonyms
Compounds
A sharp bend in a road on a very sloping hill that helps vehicles go up or down safely
How Involved
Surface Forms
Etymology
Steep meaning 'to be deeply involved' comes from the soaking sense: just like cloth soaked in dye, if you 'steep' yourself in a subject you let it 'soak in' until it fills your thoughts.