- immersion in politics
- learned French through immersion
We were surprised by his complete immersion in the culture of the island.
He learned French through immersion.
I'm taking an immersion course in German.
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15th century
absorption, attention, concentration, engrossment, enthrallment;
absence, absentmindedness, abstractedness, abstraction, detachment, distraction, obliviousness, remoteness, unawareness, unconsciousness, withdrawal;
fixation, obsession, preoccupation;
alertness, application, awareness, consciousness, consideration, heedfulness, intentness, raptness, regard;
: the act of putting someone or something completely in a liquid or the state of being completely in a liquid
: complete involvement in some activity or interest
: a method of learning a foreign language by being taught entirely in that language
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