MEANING
1. To put something fully into water or another liquid.
2. To involve yourself deeply in an activity, subject, or experience.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- immerse in water
- immerse a sample
On the page
They immersed the sealed container in cold water.
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Word forms
- Base
- immerse
- Past tense
- immersed
- Past participle
- immersed
- Present participle
- immersing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- immerse
- Present continuous
- am/is/are immersing
- Present perfect
- have/has immersed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been immersing
- Past
- immersed
- Past continuous
- was/were immersing
- Past perfect
- had immersed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been immersing
- Future
- will immerse
- Future continuous
- will be immersing
- Future perfect
- will have immersed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been immersing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: immerse; immerses; immersed; immersed; immersing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: immerses.
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