noun · neutral

immersion

UK/ɪˈmɜːʃən/US/ɪˈmɝːʃən/im·MER·sion

Band 7+speakingtask2

complete involvement in an activity or environment, often used for language or cultural learning

Examples

A language immersion program helped me speak fluently within months.

Cultural immersion can change your perspective about local customs.

The course offers full immersion for international students.

Band 8 sentence

A month of cultural immersion completely transformed my understanding of local customs and daily life.

Collocations

  • language immersion
  • cultural immersion
  • full immersion

Word family

immerse verbimmersive adjectiveimmersed adjective

Common mistakes

immersingimmersion

immersed withimmersed in

an immersion programmsan immersion program

Say it for a higher band

5experience6deep experience7+immersion

Synonyms

engagement

Easily confused

involvement

Her involvement in the festival was limited to a single performance, not a full immersion in the culture.

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