immersive

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ɪˈmɜrsɪv/ 🇺🇸 /ɪˈmɜrsɪv/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Providing information or stimulation that deeply engages the senses, creating the feeling of being fully surrounded by or absorbed in an experience, environment, or activity.; Relating to or denoting a method of language teaching in which the target language is used exclusively for all instruction and communication.; Involving or characterized by deep mental absorption or complete engagement in a subject, task, or activity.; Of or relating to technology or media that creates a three-dimensional or surround-sound environment, giving the user a sense of physical presence within a simulated space.; Involving or characterized by being submerged or dipped in a liquid; relating to immersion.; In theater or performance art, describing a production in which the audience is placed within the performance space and may interact with the actors or environment.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more immersive Superlative: most immersive

Collocations

immersive experienceimmersive environmentimmersive technologyimmersive storytellingimmersive artimmersive world

Derivatives

immerseimmersionimmersivelyimmersiveness

Synonyms

engagingabsorbingenvelopingcaptivatingall-encompassinginvolving

Antonyms

detachedsuperficialdisengaging

Commonly confused

immersible
EN: 'Immersible' means capable of being submerged in water; 'immersive' means providing a deeply engaging experience.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'immersive' (deeply engaging) with 'immersible' (able to be submerged in liquid). Note the double 'm' in both.

💬 Examples

  1. The immersive virtual reality experience made the players feel as if they were truly inside the game world.

  2. The school offers an immersive French program where students spend the entire day learning in French.

  3. She took an immersive approach to her research, spending months living among the community she was studying.

  4. The museum's immersive installation used 360-degree projections and spatial audio to transport visitors to ancient Egypt.

  5. The immersive cooling system keeps the server components at optimal temperatures by submerging them in dielectric fluid.

  6. The immersive theater show allowed audience members to wander freely through the set and follow different characters.