immerse
verbBand 8
UKɪˈmɜːs
USˌɪˈmɜːrs
To involve yourself deeply in an activity or environment.
Travelling lets you immerse yourself in a new culture.
She immersed herself in the local language.
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From Latin immergere, “plunge into,” immerse means become deeply involved, as if submerged in an experience.
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Immerse takes 'in'.
Goes with
Similar and opposite
- Similar
- absorbengrosssteep
- Opposite
- detach
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