Home > Antonyms > Antonyms for immersion

Antonyms for immersion

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-mur-zhuh n, -shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɜr ʒən, -ʃən

Definition of immersion

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Late Latin immersionem (nominative immersio), noun of action from past participle stem of immergere, from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + Latin mergere "plunge, dip" (see merge). Meaning "absorption in some interest or situation" is from 1640s. As a method of teaching a foreign language, it is from 1965, trademarked by the Berlitz company.
  • noun absorption
Example sentences :
  • The depth of immersion is regulated by fixing the crank-pin.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • This permits the travel, and consequently the degree of immersion, to be varied.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
  • The moat is none so distant, and the immersion may profit you.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • He never troubles about drying their legs and hoofs after their immersion in the pond.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • The preparations for Henry's immersion were always complex and thorough.
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • His friend, in reply, undertook to give his impressions of immersion.
  • Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
  • How would it sound, "I have an immersion to be immersed with, and how am I straitened?"
  • Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
  • The magic potion must be followed by immersion into the fountain of life.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • The rubber boots filled with water and the immersion was complete.
  • Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke
  • This stream was dammed, so that the Mormon converts might be baptized by immersion.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for immersion

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019