immersive — providing or involving deep mental involvement or complete absorption in an activity or experience
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: providing or involving deep mental involvement or complete absorption in an activity or experience
Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪˈmɜːrsɪv/
Example Sentences
- The new language app uses immersive techniques that make you feel like you're living in Paris.
- My boss thinks our office plants create an 'immersive nature experience' - I think he needs to go outside more.
- The museum's immersive exhibition lets visitors walk through ancient Rome.
immersive
ADJECTIVE[/ɪˈmɜːrsɪv/]
providing or involving deep mental involvement or complete absorption in an activity or experience
a young person wears a large VR headset while holding motion controllers in both hands. Their body moves naturally as they reach and gesture in response to what they see in the virtual world. The person appears completely unaware of the real world around them, lost in their digital experience. Their friend tries to get their attention by waving and calling out, but receives no response. Other arcade visitors stop to watch the absorbed player's animated reactions to their virtual environment. The VR player continues moving and reacting intensely to invisible virtual objects. someone providing deep mental involvement and complete absorption in an activity
The immersive language program helped students learn naturally.
In immersive depths, dispersive light meets submersive wonder!
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
Derived from Latin immergere, meaning 'to dip or plunge in.' The word originally described the physical action of submerging something completely in water, and evolved metaphorically to describe being fully absorbed or deeply engaged in an experience.
Breakdown
im- (in, into) + mergere (to dip, plunge) + -ive (adjective suffix indicating a quality or tendency).
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The new language app uses immersive techniques that make you feel like you're living in Paris.”
“My boss thinks our office plants create an 'immersive nature experience' - I think he needs to go outside more.”
“The museum's immersive exhibition lets visitors walk through ancient Rome.”
“He got so into the immersive video game that he forgot to eat dinner and tried to cast spells on his pizza delivery guy.”
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