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Definition of total immersion in English: total immersionnoun mass noun1Immersion of the whole body in water, in particular as a form of baptism. more than 100 members of the sect were baptised in Florida, undergoing total immersion as is traditional Example sentencesExamples - There's none of the theatricality of a total immersion baptism or some of the other rites of initiation favoured by other faiths.
- The church wardens made their inquiries, and came back with the surprising information that baptism should be by total immersion unless sickness prevents this!
- Perhaps this was the very place where Paulinus, the Christian priest, first preached, before leading the converts to the River Glen for baptism by total immersion.
- For the first time in my life, I was living in a sea of believing, faithful Christians, and the cold shock felt like total immersion.
- Emphasis was on the use of running water, or total immersion in the case of babies.
- This is a purification ritual demanding total immersion and has parallels with some Christian sects.
- In Judaism, for example, one form is total immersion in "living water" - that is, the sea, a river or spring - for restoration of ritual purity.
- Modern high-tech acrylics have allowed the casting of baths in just about any shape, with steep sides and plenty of room for total immersion.
- 1.1 Complete mental involvement in something.
the opportunity for total immersion in the language and culture as modifier improve your French in a total-immersion course Example sentencesExamples - Go out and learn the language - total immersion works wonders; you may not be able to write great literature, but after a few months you'll at least be able to get by.
- Culinary vacations are about total immersion.
- At the same time, his total immersion in the military lifestyle had taken root.
- I often find that, when people say they didn't enjoy the film it was because they watched it in circumstances unconducive to total immersion.
- Despite her total immersion in a character teetering on the edge, Mattila never loses vocal control.
- He was a strong advocate of local cultural knowledge and "total immersion" during training and operations.
- She was essentially a lonely and insecure woman whose total immersion in work meant that she had few real friends.
- He has taken the path of total immersion in Bulgarian life.
- As for Italian, she says she studied the language in "total immersion" by living in Italy for a while.
- In early total immersion, English-speaking children are immersed in French, their second language, and English is gradually introduced into the curriculum.
- There's a sense of total immersion in the period, and of just how exciting and elegant a time this was.
- Rigorous, intense, but intended to be fun, the total-immersion program appeals to emerging dancemakers as well as mid-career professionals.
- Greg believed that the only way to truly understand Afghanistan, with all its contradiction and complexity, was total immersion.
- The reward is in the doing, in the total immersion in the research, not in the outcome.
- I enjoy seeing big films on the big screen, so I can enjoy the impact and total immersion.
- Total immersion of students into another culture will bring home, in an everlasting way, that people and countries see the world differently.
- The institute runs in-depth, total-immersion semesters for architecture, planning, landscape, and other design students.
- The only way he would be able to learn would be total immersion.
- Many of us know from first-hand experiences the outcomes of "sink or swim" or "total immersion" education for language minority students.
- They praise film for the way it offers total immersion in an imaginative landscape.
Synonyms intensive, concentrated, telescoped, high-pressure, strenuous, vigorous, all-out, thorough, in-depth, all-absorbing, total-immersion, rapid, urgent
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