immersion
noun/ɪˈmɜːʃn/
/ɪˈmɜːrʒn/
[uncountable]- immersion (in something) the act of putting somebody/something into a liquid, especially so that they or it are completely covered; the state of being covered by a liquid
- Immersion in cold water resulted in rapid loss of heat.
- baptism by total immersion (= putting the whole body underwater)
- immersion (in something) the state of being completely involved in something
- his long immersion in politics
- The course offers the opportunity for total immersion in the language and culture.
- a five-week French immersion programme (= in which the student will hear and use only French)
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from late Latin immersio(n-), from immergere ‘dip into’, from in- ‘in’ + mergere ‘to dip’.
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