Meaning & use
immersed
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Deeply involved or absorbed in something, or physically submerged in a liquid.
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She was so immersed in the book that she missed her train stop.
The archaeological finds had been immersed in seawater for centuries.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense, meaning mentally absorbed, is now more common in everyday speech than the literal sense of being submerged in liquid.
Words with a similar meaning
absorbedengrossed
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