| singular | plural |
| Infinitive | | |
| absorb | |
| present simple | | |
| 1 | I absorb | we absorb |
| 2 | you absorb | you absorb |
| 3 | he/she/it absorbs | they absorb |
| past simple | | |
| 1 | I absorbed | we absorbed |
| 2 | you absorbed | you absorbed |
| 3 | he/she/it absorbed | they absorbed |
| future simple | | |
| 1 | I will/shall absorb | we will/shall absorb |
| 2 | you will/shall absorb | you will/shall absorb |
| 3 | he/she/it will/shall absorb | they will/shall absorb |
| conditional simple | | |
| 1 | I would absorb | we would absorb |
| 2 | you would absorb | you would absorb |
| 3 | he/she/it would absorb | they would absorb |
| present continuous | | |
| 1 | I am absorbing | we are absorbing |
| 2 | you are absorbing | you are absorbing |
| 3 | he/she/it is absorbing | they are absorbing |
| past continuous | | |
| 1 | I was absorbing | we were absorbing |
| 2 | you were absorbing | you were absorbing |
| 3 | he/she/it was absorbing | they were absorbing |
| future continuous | | |
| 1 | I will be absorbing | we will be absorbing |
| 2 | you will be absorbing | you will be absorbing |
| 3 | he/she/it will be absorbing | they will be absorbing |
| conditional continuous | | |
| 1 | I would be absorbing | we would be absorbing |
| 2 | you would be absorbing | you would be absorbing |
| 3 | he/she/it would be absorbing | they would be absorbing |
| present perfect | | |
| 1 | I have absorbed | we have absorbed |
| 2 | you have absorbed | you have absorbed |
| 3 | he/she/it has absorbed | they have absorbed |
| past perfect | | |
| 1 | I had absorbed | we had absorbed |
| 2 | you had absorbed | you had absorbed |
| 3 | he/she/it had absorbed | they had absorbed |
| future perfect | | |
| 1 | I will have absorbed | we will have absorbed |
| 2 | you will have absorbed | you will have absorbed |
| 3 | he/she/it will have absorbed | they will have absorbed |
| conditional perfect | | |
| 1 | I would have absorbed | we would have absorbed |
| 2 | you would have absorbed | you would have absorbed |
| 3 | he/she/it would have absorbed | they would have absorbed |
