Synonyms for immersion
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ih-mur-zhuh n, -shuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmɜr ʒən, -ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for immersion
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for immersion
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