immersion
immersion Lexical Profile
immersion Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Deep mental involvement, absorption, or engagement in a particular activity, subject, or environment.
"Her total immersion in archival research allowed her to uncover several forgotten letters from the nineteenth century."
The action of dipping or submerging someone or something completely in a liquid.
"The laboratory protocol requires the complete immersion of the metal specimen in a saline solution for twenty-four hours."
A method of teaching and learning a foreign language by conducting all instruction and daily communication exclusively in the target language.
"Enrolling in a summer language immersion program in Montreal helped him achieve fluency in French much faster than traditional classroom study."
A Christian sacrament of baptism performed by completely lowering the candidate's body beneath the water.
"Several Protestant denominations practice baptism by full immersion rather than by sprinkling water on the forehead."
The disappearance of a celestial body as it passes behind another body or enters its shadow during an eclipse or occultation.
"Astronomers timed the exact moment of the moon's immersion into Jupiter's shadow to calibrate their instruments."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse 'immersion' (plunging into something or deep mental absorption) with 'emersion' (emerging or rising out of a fluid or shadow).
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Late Latin immersio, a noun of action from the verb immergere ('to plunge in, dip, or sink'), formed from in- ('into') and mergere ('to plunge or dip').