Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To sink out of sight.

    The submarine submerged in the water.

  2. (transitive)To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

    In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools.

    abtauchen, versinken, untertauchen

    погружа́тьсяpogružátʹsja, погрузи́тьсяpogruzítʹsja, погружа́тьpogružátʹ

  3. (transitive)To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.

    sink below the surface; go under or as if under water

  4. (figuratively, transitive)To engulf or overwhelm.

    Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow.

  5. (figuratively, transitive)To drown or suppress.

Examples

33 sentences
  1. Whales can remain submerged for a long time.

    ruКиты могут долгое время оставаться под водой.

    deWale können für eine lange Zeit untergetaucht bleiben.

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  2. The submarine submerged in the water.

    Підводний човен занурився під воду.

    ruПодводная лодка погрузилась под воду.

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  3. The ship struck a submerged rock.

    ruСудно наскочило на подводный камень.

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  4. Sami was submerged in the water.

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  5. Fyodor was submerged in the darkness.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to immerse (intransitive):
to immerse (transitive):
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to immerse (intransitive):
to immerse (transitive):

Origin

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface ana

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.

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Forms

submerges, submerging, submerged, submerged
Base formsubmerge · to submerge
3rd person singularsubmerges
Present participlesubmerging
Past simplesubmerged
Past participlesubmerged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysubmerge
he, she, itsubmerges

Past simpleLesson

all personssubmerged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave submerged
he, she, ithas submerged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill submerge

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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