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immersion

/ɪˈmɝʒən/noun3 syllables

Immersion means: sinking until covered completely with water.

Synonyms for immersion9

noun, as in sinking until covered completely with water

submergence, submerging, submersion

noun, as in complete attention; intense mental effort

concentration, engrossment, absorption

noun, as in the act of wetting something by submerging it

submersion, ducking, dousing

noun, as in (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

ingress

Opposites of immersion

emersion

What does immersion mean?5

noun

1

sinking until covered completely with water

2

complete attention; intense mental effort

3

the act of wetting something by submerging it

4

(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse

5

a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with immersion?10

two syllables

versionpersian

three syllables

conversiondiversionexcursioninversionaversiondispersionsubversionincursion
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Immersion in a sentence

  • Immersion in the language through conversations, reading, and listening exercises enhances learning outcomes.Nuel
  • The language students participated in an immersion program.Hybrid
  • The constant stuttering broke my immersion while playing that game.sabretou
  • Does full-on immersion really help people learn languages?espamatics
  • How do you incorporate cultural immersion into your language learning process?Amastan
  • Do you prefer learning languages through immersion or formal instruction?Amastan
  • Poor lip synchronization often breaks the immersion in video games.mraz
  • Ethnography requires deep immersion in a community to understand its culture from within.rul

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of immersion

as a noun

plural
immersions