immersion
The act of immersing or the condition of being immersedThe act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.: The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
» Tom was baptized by triple immersion.
Тома крестили троекратным погружением в воду.
Meaning
8 sensesThe act of immersing or the condition of being immersed.
(countable, uncountable)The total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
Untertauchen, Eintauchen, Immersion
погруже́ниеpogružénije
the act of wetting something by submerging it
(countable, uncountable)Deep engagement in something.
(Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable)An immersion heater.
(countable, uncountable)A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding.
Immersion
(countable, uncountable)The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite.
(astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse
(countable, uncountable)A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student.
(countable, uncountable)One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world.
(countable, uncountable)A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists.
Examples
14 sentencesTom was baptized by triple immersion.
ruТома крестили троекратным погружением в воду.
Have you ever heard of linguistic immersion?
The language students participated in an immersion program.
Does full-on immersion really help people learn languages?
The constant stuttering broke my immersion while playing that game.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”).From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”).
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Forms
plural: immersions| Singular | immersion |
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- the act of wetting something by submerging it:submersionduckingdousing
- (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse:ingress
- complete attention; intense mental effort:concentrationengrossmentabsorption
- sinking until covered completely with water:submergencesubmergingsubmersion
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
17 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable