immersion

Being deeply involved in an activity or surrounded by a language or culture.

• Immersion helped me learn Spanish.
• The course offers complete immersion in the language.
• His long immersion in research left little time for friends.

How to use it: immersion in something (Her immersion in local life helped her understand the culture.)

Similar words: involvement, absorption

Common phrases: language immersion, immersion in something, total immersion

Putting a person completely under water as part of a Christian religious ceremony.

• The church practices baptism by immersion.
• Her immersion took place in the river.
• The priest explained the meaning of immersion before the ceremony.

Common phrases: baptism by immersion, full immersion

Feeling so involved in a story or game that its imaginary world seems real.

• The music adds to the game’s immersion.
• Frequent errors broke my immersion in the story.
• Realistic characters create a strong sense of immersion.

Similar words: absorption

Common phrases: break immersion, player immersion, sense of immersion

An electric device inside a water tank that heats the water.

• The immersion heats our water.
• Did you leave the immersion on overnight?
• We replaced the broken immersion before winter.

Similar words: immersion heater

Common phrases: switch the immersion, immersion switch