Immerse

Meaning

Immerse means to involve yourself deeply in an activity, experience, subject, or environment, giving it your full attention. Literally, it can also mean to put something completely under a liquid.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈmɜːs/

Word Forms

• Base form: immerse
• Past tense: immersed
• Past participle: immersed
• Present participle: immersing
• Noun: immersion
• Adjective: immersive

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common Collocations

• immerse yourself in something — to become deeply involved in an activity or experience.
• immerse yourself in a book — to become completely absorbed in reading.
• immerse yourself in a culture — to become deeply involved in another culture and its way of life.
• immerse yourself in a language — to surround yourself with and actively use a language.
• fully immerse yourself — to become completely involved in something.
• immerse oneself in study — to devote oneself deeply to studying.

Example Sentences

• She decided to immerse herself in the language by living abroad.
• He became completely immersed in the novel.
• The museum allows visitors to immerse themselves in the history of the region.
• She immersed herself in her work and forgot about the time.
• To improve quickly, he immersed himself in English every day.

Literary Example

Example:

“You never know what might happen to that external genitalia if you immerse yourself in imaginary doings concocted by someone with the goods on the inside.”

— Siri Hustvedt, The Summer Without Men

Here, immerse yourself in means to become deeply absorbed in something. Hustvedt uses the expression to describe becoming deeply involved in fictional or imagined experiences through reading.

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