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immerse

(ɪmɜːʳs)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense immerses, present participle immersing, past tense, past participle immersed
1. verb
If you immerse yourself in something that you are doing, you become completely involved in it.
Since then I've lived alone and immersed myself in my career. [V pron-refl + in]
immersed adjective
He's really becoming immersed in his work. [+ in]
Synonyms: engrossed, involved, absorbed, deep More Synonyms of immerse
2. verb [usually passive]
If something is immersed in a liquid, someone puts it into the liquid so that it is completely covered.
The electrodes are immersed in liquid. [be VERB-ed + in]
Synonyms: plunge, dip, submerge, sink More Synonyms of immerse
More Synonyms of immerse

immerse in British English

(ɪˈmɜːs)
verb (transitive)
1. (often foll by in)
to plunge or dip into liquid
2. (often passive; often foll by in)
to involve deeply; engross
to immerse oneself in a problem
3. 
to baptize by immersion
Derived forms
immersible (imˈmersible)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Latin immergere, from im- (in) + mergere to dip

immerse in American English

(ɪˈmɜrs)
verb transitiveWord forms: imˈmersed or imˈmersing
1. 
to plunge, drop, or dip into or as if into a liquid, esp. so as to cover completely
2. 
to baptize by submerging in water
3. 
to absorb deeply; engross
immersed in study
Word origin
< L immersus, pp. of immergere, to dip, plunge into: see in-1 & merge

Examples of 'immerse' in a sentence
immerse

Ten minutes in, I was completely immersed.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
So why spend a career immersed in it?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
So he grew up completely immersed in farm life and all it entailed.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Most small business owners completely immerse themselves in their business.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He or she can become completely immersed in a suggested role.
Mansfield, Patricia Why Am I Afraid to be Assertive? (1994)
Put the fillet and the marinade ingredients in a bowl small enough for the meat to be completely immersed in the wine.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He wants to immerse himself in work; he wants to direct again.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Thus began a 50-year career immersed in that one work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Add the noodles, stirring to immerse completely.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Sometimes we find ourselves surrounded by confusing options, too deeply immersed in our problems to know "which way is up.
Christianity Today (2000)
I am immersed in my work.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But I can really immerse myself in this.
The Sun (2006)
He would immerse himself completely in each project, taking control of all the steps from preliminary design down to the last piece of furniture.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
When you're completely immersed in the memory, push your thumb hard against your forefinger.
The Sun (2012)
Don't worry that it isn't completely immersed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The full moon will be completely immersed in the Earth's shadow and appear to be blood red.
The Sun (2011)
 Completely immerse yourself in law - not just the law reports, but its history and its fiction too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I was deeply immersed in the work I was doing.
Salkie, Raphael The Chomsky Update - Linguistics and Politics (1990)
I, like him, immersed myself completely in a world that was very foreign to me in the pursuit of a dream.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
This required an additional piece of equipment, for it is impossible to freeze liquids simply by immersing them in ice; a bit of alchemy is required.
Gavin Weightman THE FROZEN WATER TRADE (2002)

In other languages
immerse

British English: immerse VERB
If you immerse yourself in something that you are doing, you become completely involved in it.
Since then I've lived alone and immersed myself in my career.
  • American English: immerse
  • Brazilian Portuguese: submergir
  • Chinese: 使专心于
  • European Spanish: sumergir
  • French: immerger
  • German: eintauchen
  • Italian: immergere
  • Japanese: 没頭する
  • Korean: 몰두하다
  • European Portuguese: submergir
  • Latin American Spanish: sumergir

Chinese translation of 'immerse'

immerse

(ɪˈməːs)

vt

  1. (= submerge) 浸没(沒) (jìnmò)
    to immerse sth in water etc 把某物浸没(沒)在水等里(裡) (bǎ mǒuwù jìnmò zài shuǐ děng li)
    to immerse o.s. in sth [work, thought, subject] 沉浸于(於)某事之中 (chénjìn yú mǒushì zhī zhōng)
1 (verb) 
Definition
to involve deeply
I was able to immerse myself in family life.
Synonyms
engross
There's something about them which engrosses the public.
involve
absorb
a second career which absorbed her more completely than acting ever had
busy
occupy
I had other matters to occupy me that day.
engage
She tried to engage me in conversation.
2 (verb) 
Definition
to plunge or dip into liquid
The electrodes are immersed in liquid.
Synonyms
plunge
She plunged her face into a bowl of cold water.
dip
Dip the food into the sauce.
submerge
Submerge the pieces of fish in the poaching liquid and simmer.
sink
Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent.
duck
She splashed around in the pool trying to duck him.
bathe
The arena was bathed in warm sunshine.
douse
They doused him in petrol.
dunk
submerse

Additional synonyms

in the sense of absorb
Definition
to engage the interest of someone
a second career which absorbed her more completely than acting ever had
Synonyms
engross,
hold,
involve,
fill,
arrest,
fix,
occupy,
engage,
fascinate,
preoccupy,
engulf,
fill up,
immerse,
rivet,
captivate,
monopolize,
enwrap
in the sense of bathe
Definition
to spread over
The arena was bathed in warm sunshine.
Synonyms
cover,
flood,
steep,
engulf,
immerse,
overrun,
permeate,
suffuse,
wash over
in the sense of dip
Definition
to immerse (farm animals) briefly in a chemical to rid them of insects
Dip the food into the sauce.
Synonyms
plunge,
immerse,
bathe,
duck,
rinse,
douse,
dunk,
souse

Nearby words of
immerse

  • immense
  • immensely
  • immensity
  • immerse
  • immersed
  • immersion
  • immigrant

Synonyms of 'immerse'

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