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
His immersion there, and here, is complete.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Once on land again, the real immersion begins.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
As with earlier films such as Fire at Sea and Notturno, Gianfranco Rosi’s latest work is a masterful act of cinematic immersion.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Most consumer headsets rely only on vibration, which quickly breaks immersion when users attempt to interact with virtual objects.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Once on land again, the real immersion begins.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2025
As with earlier films such as Fire at Sea and Notturno, Gianfranco Rosi’s latest work is a masterful act of cinematic immersion.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2025
Most consumer headsets rely only on vibration, which quickly breaks immersion when users attempt to interact with virtual objects.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for immersion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immersion
Noun
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But that concentration hasn’t stopped a deluge of like-minded restaurants from opening in Sin City.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
19 Oct. 2025
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The professional-use treatments are effective against Formosan termites at the same concentration levels used for native subterranean termites.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The sequel, set for October 2026, centers on a young Facebook engineer named Frances Haugen (played by Mikey Madison) who teams up with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White) on a risky mission to bring attention to Facebook’s biggest secrets.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Oct. 2025
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Mamdani is going to be the mayor of their district, of their -- of their city, and that's why there's so much attention on this.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fiber reduces cholesterol absorption in your digestive tract and increases its excretion through your stool.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
17 Oct. 2025
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Multiple employees previously experienced seizures in 2019, leading inspectors to determine they had been potentially exposed to a toxic chemical through inhalation, ingestion and absorption through the skin.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Immersion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immersion. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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