"immerse" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈmɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈmɝs/ [US] Audio: en-us-immerse.ogg [US] Forms: more immerse [comparative], most immerse [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|immersus}} Latin immersus, {{m|la|immergō}} immergō, {{m|la|in}} in, {{m|la|mergō}} mergō Head templates: {{en-adj}} immerse (comparative more immerse, superlative most immerse)
  1. (obsolete) Immersed; buried; sunk. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Liquids
    Sense id: en-immerse-en-adj-Taw4KRiK Disambiguation of Liquids: 33 13 22 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 8 39 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 4 30 27

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈmɜːs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪˈmɝs/ [US] Audio: en-us-immerse.ogg [US] Forms: immerses [present, singular, third-person], immersing [participle, present], immersed [participle, past], immersed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: Borrowed from Latin immersus, from immergō, from in + mergō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|immersus}} Latin immersus, {{m|la|immergō}} immergō, {{m|la|in}} in, {{m|la|mergō}} mergō Head templates: {{en-verb}} immerse (third-person singular simple present immerses, present participle immersing, simple past and past participle immersed)
  1. (transitive) To place within a fluid (generally a liquid, but also a gas). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to put under the surface of a liquid): потапям (potapjam) (Bulgarian), onderdompelen (Dutch), mergi (Esperanto), upottaa (Finnish), immerger (French), eintauchen (German), 𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (daupjan) (Gothic), डुबाना (ḍubānā) (Hindi), menenggelamkan (Indonesian), tum (Irish), immergere (Italian), mergō (Latin), മുക്കുക (mukkuka) (Malayalam), rumaki (Maori), whakaruku (Maori), kōuru (Maori), zanurzać [imperfective] (Polish), zanurzyć [perfective] (Polish), imergir (Portuguese), submergir (Portuguese), chinkaykuy (Quechua), scufunda (Romanian), погружа́ть (pogružátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), погрузи́ть (pogruzítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), окуна́ть (okunátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), окуну́ть (okunútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), imbèrghere [Logudorese] (Sardinian), sumergir (Spanish), ముంచు (muñcu) (Telugu), ڈُبانا (ḍubānā) (Urdu), nhúng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-immerse-en-verb-W-AdNlpd Disambiguation of Liquids: 33 13 22 31 Disambiguation of 'to put under the surface of a liquid': 47 27 25
  2. (transitive) To involve or engage deeply. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (to involve deeply): въвличам (vǎvličam) (Bulgarian), забърквам (zabǎrkvam) (Bulgarian), opgaan (Dutch), uppoutua (Finnish), syventyä (Finnish), immerger (French), vertiefen (German), immergersi (Italian), മുഴുകുക (muḻukuka) (Malayalam), se implica (Romanian), погружа́ться (pogružátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), погрузи́ться (pogruzítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), уйти́ с голово́й (ujtí s golovój) [perfective] (Russian), sumergirse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-immerse-en-verb-rx-QyP~F Disambiguation of Liquids: 33 13 22 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 8 39 32 Disambiguation of 'to involve deeply': 1 94 4
  3. (transitive, mathematics) To map into an immersion. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Mathematics, Liquids
    Sense id: en-immerse-en-verb-s0893XFR Disambiguation of Liquids: 33 13 22 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 8 39 32 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: submerge Derived forms: immersion, immersive

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "potapjam",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "ḍubānā",
      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "muñcu",
      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
      "word": "ముంచు"
    },
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      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "ḍubānā",
      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
      "word": "ڈُبانا"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to put under the surface of a liquid",
      "word": "nhúng"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎvličam",
      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "въвличам"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zabǎrkvam",
      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "забърквам"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "opgaan"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "uppoutua"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "syventyä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "immerger"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "vertiefen"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "മുഴുകുക"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "se implica"
    },
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      "sense": "to involve deeply",
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      "word": "погружа́ться"
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      "roman": "ujtí s golovój",
      "sense": "to involve deeply",
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      "word": "уйти́ с голово́й"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to involve deeply",
      "word": "sumergirse"
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