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View usage for: (ɪmɜːʳʃən) 1. uncountable nounSomeone's immersion in a subject is their complete involvement in it. ...long-term assignments that allowed them total immersion in their subjects. [+ in] Synonyms: involvement, concentration, preoccupation, absorption More Synonyms of immersion 2. uncountable nounImmersion of something in a liquid means putting it into the liquid so that it is completely covered. The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion in water. [+ in] Synonyms: dipping, submerging, plunging, ducking More Synonyms of immersion immersion in British English (ɪˈmɜːʃən) noun1. a form of baptism in which part or the whole of a person's body is submerged in the water 2. Also: ingress astronomy the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse or occultation 3. the act of immersing or state of being immersed immersion in American English (ɪˈmɜrʒən; ɪˈmɜrʃən) noun1. an immersing or being immersed 3. Astronomy; Rare occultation or eclipse Word origin LL(Ec) immersioExamples of 'immersion' in a sentenceimmersion She also realised that she had not switched on the immersion heater so there was not enough hot water for a bath.Leaves, brown with long immersion, rose to the surface and vanished back into the depths.They were shriveled like prunes after the long hours of immersion. long-term assignments that allowed them total immersion in their subjects The wood had become swollen from prolonged immersion. Synonyms dipping submerging plunging ducking dousing dunking Additional synonymsDefinition the process of absorbing something or the state of being absorbed He was struck by the artists' total absorption in their work. Synonyms immersion, holding, involvement, concentration, occupation, engagement, fascination, preoccupation, intentness, captivation, raptness Definition intense mental application His talking kept breaking my concentration. Synonyms attention, application, absorption, single-mindedness, intentness He kept sinking back into gloomy preoccupation. Synonyms absorption, musing, oblivion, abstraction, daydreaming, immersion, reverie, absent-mindedness, brown study, inattentiveness, absence of mind, pensiveness, engrossment, prepossession, woolgathering- immensity
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