Rapt
adjective
Totally fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing, hearing, or feeling.
She was rapt in her music.
adjective
Completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is doing.
He was rapt in his painting.
Often appears as...
- rapt in thought
- rapt in admiration
adjective
Experiencing a deep joy or pleasure.
She looked rapt after receiving the news.
adjective
Totally fascinated or absorbed by what one is seeing, hearing, or feeling.
She was rapt in her music.
adjective
Completely fascinated or absorbed by what one is doing.
He was rapt in his painting.
Often appears as...
- rapt in thought
- rapt in admiration
adjective
Experiencing a deep joy or pleasure.
She looked rapt after receiving the news.
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Immersion
Use 'rapt' to describe someone's full absorption in an experience, as if nothing else exists.
During the concert, the audience was rapt by the performance.
Pro Tip 2/3Intrigued Audience
'Rapt' often implies that something is so captivating that it holds one's complete attention.
The children listened to the storyteller, rapt with wonder.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
'Rapt' can suggest an emotional reaction, like joy or awe, in response to an experience.
He watched the sunrise, rapt in its beauty.
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Immersion
Use 'rapt' to describe someone's full absorption in an experience, as if nothing else exists.
During the concert, the audience was rapt by the performance.
Pro Tip 2/3Intrigued Audience
'Rapt' often implies that something is so captivating that it holds one's complete attention.
The children listened to the storyteller, rapt with wonder.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
'Rapt' can suggest an emotional reaction, like joy or awe, in response to an experience.
He watched the sunrise, rapt in its beauty.
Pro Tip 1/3Complete Immersion
Use 'rapt' to describe someone's full absorption in an experience, as if nothing else exists.
During the concert, the audience was rapt by the performance.
Pro Tip 2/3Intrigued Audience
'Rapt' often implies that something is so captivating that it holds one's complete attention.
The children listened to the storyteller, rapt with wonder.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Response
'Rapt' can suggest an emotional reaction, like joy or awe, in response to an experience.
He watched the sunrise, rapt in its beauty.
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The Chinese legend of...
so they walked the rest of the way together, rapt in conversation. Yingtai realized that, despite her meticulous disguise, she felt that she could finally be herself. The two decided to celebrate what they thought would be a long, close friendship, and became sworn brothers. At the academy, Yingtai buried herself in books
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Which animal has the...
like urine and lichen. When it comes to the sharpest vision, birds of prey soar above the competition. To capture the most detail, an animal must have lots of photoreceptors in its eye, as well as increased visual processing power. Raptors have an especially deep fovea—
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Christopher Emdin: Teach...
to drop off the face of this person so they can soak up all that knowledge. Right now there is also a person who has an entire audience rapt with attention, a person that is weaving a powerful narrative about a world that the people who are listening
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
question and there is something we see all the time when you're at the bird with a big relatively large wingspan you'd think the large Raptors and specially Bulger's are very very important too for that they're very big they're not they're the
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T. Rex Granddaddy PIPE...
finding bone beds that just have the remains of small meat-eating dinosaurs is extremely unusual and extremely rare and extremely exciting Raptors just stir the imagination the Raptor found on top is a particularly it
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to nurture and care for a nest of eggs had its origins with the dinosaurs it's a behavior that was so successful it's
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The Greatest Fights In...
raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to nurture and care for a nest of eggs had its origins with the dinosaurs it's a behavior that was so successful it's
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Father Knows Best PIPE...
are most vulnerable they are at risk from small predators like foxes and Raptors all the more reason for this father to be so overprotective of his young
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Raising Rheas PIPE National...
are most vulnerable they are at risk from small predators like foxes and Raptors all the more reason for this father to be so overprotective of is young
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Top 5 Times Nature Won PIPE...
protecting the nest means giganta raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to
Video examples
The Chinese legend of...
so they walked the rest of the way together, rapt in conversation. Yingtai realized that, despite her meticulous disguise, she felt that she could finally be herself. The two decided to celebrate what they thought would be a long, close friendship, and became sworn brothers. At the academy, Yingtai buried herself in books
Video examples
Which animal has the...
like urine and lichen. When it comes to the sharpest vision, birds of prey soar above the competition. To capture the most detail, an animal must have lots of photoreceptors in its eye, as well as increased visual processing power. Raptors have an especially deep fovea—
Video examples
Christopher Emdin: Teach...
to drop off the face of this person so they can soak up all that knowledge. Right now there is also a person who has an entire audience rapt with attention, a person that is weaving a powerful narrative about a world that the people who are listening
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
question and there is something we see all the time when you're at the bird with a big relatively large wingspan you'd think the large Raptors and specially Bulger's are very very important too for that they're very big they're not they're the
Video examples
T. Rex Granddaddy PIPE...
finding bone beds that just have the remains of small meat-eating dinosaurs is extremely unusual and extremely rare and extremely exciting Raptors just stir the imagination the Raptor found on top is a particularly it
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to nurture and care for a nest of eggs had its origins with the dinosaurs it's a behavior that was so successful it's
Video examples
The Greatest Fights In...
raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to nurture and care for a nest of eggs had its origins with the dinosaurs it's a behavior that was so successful it's
Video examples
Father Knows Best PIPE...
are most vulnerable they are at risk from small predators like foxes and Raptors all the more reason for this father to be so overprotective of his young
Video examples
Raising Rheas PIPE National...
are most vulnerable they are at risk from small predators like foxes and Raptors all the more reason for this father to be so overprotective of is young
Video examples
Top 5 Times Nature Won PIPE...
protecting the nest means giganta raptors young are more likely to survive it now seems clear that the instinct to
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
That 'woman becomes a mother' still makes a headline in 2015 reminds women that, for all their personal and collective achievements, society is still more interested in the limitations of biology, and rapt at the fact that women can - and do - make a wealth of choices about if and how they become a parent.
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David Walton
American Actor
Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.
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Paul F. Tompkins
American Comedian
Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'Mork & Mindy' - it takes no effort at all to conjure, physically, the profound excitement I felt watching these shows in prime time. I remember sitting on the floor, too close to the TV, rapt.
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David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly.
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Ravi Subramanian
Indian Author
A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.
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Josh Duhamel
American Actor
Fergie will sing ballads to the dogs and they'll sit there rapt. You know your wife's a star when she keeps the dogs entertained for 20 minutes.
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Carol Leifer
American Comedian
My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
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Shahid Khan
Pakistani Businessman
I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus.
Quote examples
Dawn Foster
British Journalist
That 'woman becomes a mother' still makes a headline in 2015 reminds women that, for all their personal and collective achievements, society is still more interested in the limitations of biology, and rapt at the fact that women can - and do - make a wealth of choices about if and how they become a parent.
Quote examples
David Walton
American Actor
Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.
Quote examples
Paul F. Tompkins
American Comedian
Happy Days,' 'Laverne & Shirley,' 'Mork & Mindy' - it takes no effort at all to conjure, physically, the profound excitement I felt watching these shows in prime time. I remember sitting on the floor, too close to the TV, rapt.
Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly.
Quote examples
Ravi Subramanian
Indian Author
A thriller needs to hold the interest of the reader from the very beginning. It needs to engage with them, hold them in rapt attention, and prevent them from putting down the book.
Quote examples
Josh Duhamel
American Actor
Fergie will sing ballads to the dogs and they'll sit there rapt. You know your wife's a star when she keeps the dogs entertained for 20 minutes.
Quote examples
Carol Leifer
American Comedian
My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.
Quote examples
Shahid Khan
Pakistani Businessman
I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus.
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