The phrase "absorb the meaning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process of understanding or comprehending information or concepts.
Example: "As I read the complex text, I took my time to absorb the meaning behind the author's words."
Alternatives: "grasp the meaning" or "understand the significance".
Sitting beside her in the passenger seat, I struggled to absorb the meaning of what she'd told me.
There were, of course, a few ways to absorb the meaning of Independence Day besides overeating and making things go boom.
Executives want better ways to communicate complex insights so they can quickly absorb the meaning of the data and take action on it.
A normal, healthy adult can be fully entertained watching television, reading a book, or holding a conversation, but for someone who no longer has the ability to absorb the meaning of words and images stillness represents a kind of prison.
In fact, I might have been tempted to bury the obituary in parentheses, like a whisper: "Before Atwater died (of brain cancer, in 1991), he expressed regret …" It would be too bad if we were to get so distracted by the punctuation that we failed to absorb the meaning of the words.
An even greater test will be whether Mr Erdogan consults the opposition in any future effort to rewrite the constitution, an authoritarian document drawn up by the generals after the 1980 coup.It will take some time for the country fully to absorb the meaning of this week's verdict.
As children, we absorbed the meaning of the words "vakh vakh" without being told: the phrase means "what a shame, what a pity". But I did not know then that "vakh" in Armenian means fear.
He sounded proud to be recognized for absorbing the meaning of numbers, sharpening his focus and letting his talent take over.
Precisely because the Austrians never came to terms with their past, they never really absorbed the meaning of what it is to be a member of the European Union -- that it is not just about accepting trade rules, but erasing forever Europe's Fascist past and embracing forever democratic norms.
The focus had turned from being on the coming operation, to absorbing the meaning of the cancer disease and to handling the reactions connected to it.
Children feel and absorb the emotional meanings conveyed in voice tone and these ocular portals to our souls.
