immersion
[noun]
Synonyms:
- dipping, dousing, ducking, dunking, plunging, submerging
- involvement, absorption, concentration, preoccupation

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

im‧mer‧sion /ɪˈmɜːʃən, -ʒən $ ɪˈmɜːrʒən/ noun

1. [uncountable] the action of immersing something in liquid, or the state of being immersed
immersion in
his near-fatal immersion in the icy Atlantic Ocean

2. [uncountable] the fact of being completely involved in something you are doing
immersion in
my immersion in black music and culture

3. [uncountable] technical the language teaching method in which people are put in situations where they have to use the new language

4. [countable] British English informal an immersion heater

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲