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Meaning of sink in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To become completely known, felt, or understood.

idiomatic, intransitive

Equivalents

العربية خب غار
Български разбирам
Deutsch richtig ankommen
Español asimilar
Suomi mennä perille valjeta
Italiano assimilarsi
日本語 へこむ 引っ込む 減り込む 窪む
Nederlands inzinken
Polski wchodzić wejść wgłębiać wgłębić wsiąkać wsiąknąć
Português assimilar cair a ficha
ไทย ยุบ
Українська впадати впасти

Examples

“He knows he's been naughty, but it will take a while for it to sink in.”
“The gravity of what I had done hadn't sunken in yet.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

sink like a stone sink one's teeth into sink or swim sinked sinkest sinketh

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