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| im·mer·sion [ i múrsh'n, i múr'n ] |
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1. complete involvement: involvement in something that completely occupies all the time, energy, or concentration available
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2. education method of language teaching: a method of language teaching that involves teachers and students using the foreign language at all times
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often used before a noun
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  an immersion course
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3. submersion: the placement of something into a liquid so that it is completely covered
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4. christianity baptism by dipping body in water: the practice of baptism by lowering somebody's head and upper body, or sometimes the whole body, into water
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5. astronomy passage of astronomical object into eclipse: the movement of an astronomical object such as the Moon into the shadow of another object, causing an eclipse
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