Used in a Sentence

immersed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for immersed.

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I still do read all the blogs, am immersed in programming culture, and feel as if the world is my oyster.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Deeply involved.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of immersed gathered in one view.

adjective

Deeply involved.

adjective

Under the surface of a liquid; sunk.

adjective

(botany) Lowered or sunken relative to a reference surface.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for immersed.

adjective

Deeply involved.

adjective

Under the surface of a liquid; sunk.

adjective

(botany) Lowered or sunken relative to a reference surface.

Example sentences

1

I still do read all the blogs, am immersed in programming culture, and feel as if the world is my oyster.

2

And you don't need to be immersed in feelings or controlled by them in order to achieve that.

3

At least skin hair will act differently when immersed in water so I'd expect that you will notice a difference for body parts immersed in water.

4

It's a type of humor that makes no sense unless you're immersed in the culture.

5

They will have plenty of opportunities to be immersed into technology and all troublesome things that come with it as a teen.

6

The best kind of work is flow: immersed in an activity with energized focus and involvement, seeing progress, learning and achieving goals.

7

Maybe I'm too immersed in the world of VPN services and Tor, where providers avoid case-by-case filtering.

8

I recommend going outside and taking your mind off of whatever task(s) you are immersed in solving.

9

Choose something that you're familiar with, and probably aren't immersed deep enough yet.

10

So that's one thing: even when you feel like you're standing still, as long as you're immersed in a foreign language, you are improving.

11

But, to people who aren't deeply enough immersed in such circles to be familiar with all the theory around the concept, that's how it comes across.

12

Being immersed in lake or river water attracts mosquitoes, although I've never understood why.

Quote examples

1

We're immersed in a culture of "keeping up with the Jones'" impulse spending.

2

One of Jockers' early results, however, was that the quiet period was an artefact of the limited set of authors studied---the "close reading" model that produces statements like, "we’ve immersed ourselves so deeply in our source material that we’re attuned to its nuances" also means that the majority of source material hasn't been examined at all.

3

I'd say it's worth doing, because from the hiring perspective, judging from the gender makeup of the "online trading" community and assuming that is representative of the academic community, the vast majority of hyper-immersed/kowledgeable people in the game are males.

4

I suppose this has two sides to it, the geek chick isn't then immersed into the kinds of topical discussions about xyz algorithm so she doesn't learn about it which cascades into never really getting as good as the boys, but to the boys, they learned about this on their own, in isolation, because they enjoyed it, and can't understand why anybody has to really be "coached" into becoming a geek.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use immersed in a sentence?

I still do read all the blogs, am immersed in programming culture, and feel as if the world is my oyster.

What does immersed mean?

Deeply involved.

What part of speech is immersed?

immersed is commonly used as adjective.