as in concentration
a focusing of the mind on something
a program of complete immersion in the language is the only way you're going to learn it
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Recent Examples of immersion
Now, in a paradigm shift, these companies, under the same ownership, have launched a new format for luxury cruises and cultural immersion tours that is different from anything else in the marketplace.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The material invites total immersion.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026
The characterful 850-year-old property is in the postcard-perfect town of Oberau, surrounded by pure air, pristine peaks, and crowd-free forest trails that inevitably propel guests towards a stress-busting nature immersion.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
The center describes its three-week immersion as a way to develop, in a condensed window, the practices and behaviors that might otherwise take years to build through outpatient therapy alone.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
The material invites total immersion.
—Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 24 May 2026
The characterful 850-year-old property is in the postcard-perfect town of Oberau, surrounded by pure air, pristine peaks, and crowd-free forest trails that inevitably propel guests towards a stress-busting nature immersion.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026
The center describes its three-week immersion as a way to develop, in a condensed window, the practices and behaviors that might otherwise take years to build through outpatient therapy alone.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immersion
Noun
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Some students said their concentration has improved with the ban.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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Petrified Forest Loop Just west of the South Unit lies the third-largest concentration of petrified wood in the country.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
Noun
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If Muntadas’s work expands the spectacle of self-exploitation to its wider social implications, Lord’s chapter in Media Hostages, Future Language, redirects this attention to the uninterested spectators passing by the billboard on the road.—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday reiterated warnings of a possible massive Russian strike and urged residents to pay special attention to air raid alerts.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
2 June 2026
Noun
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By six days post-excision, the tissues saw a significant spike in the absorption of dissolved amino acids.—
Jacek Krywko,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
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Orange juice, for example, can contain as much sugar as some sodas, but without the fiber from whole fruit that helps slow glucose absorption.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
CNBC,
29 May 2026
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“Immersion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immersion. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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