immersionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪˈmɜː.ʃən/us/ɪˈmɝː.ʃən/immersion noun [ C or U ] (INVOLVEMENT)
the fact of becoming completely involved in something:
Total immersion in a videogame is almost like living another life.
the process of learning a language or skill by using nothing else but that language or skill:
We have all learned a complex set of grammar rules simply by immersion in a language since birth.
advocates of the immersion method of language learning
immersion noun [ C or U ] (IN LIQUID)
formal the act of putting something or someone completely under the surface of a liquid:
They practise baptism by total immersion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
- wrapped
See more results »