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# submersion

«submersion» in Mova's school dictionary: **being completely under water or another liquid** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (submersion; uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Submersion is being completely under water or another liquid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#m1)

2) Submersion is the act of putting something or someone fully under water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Science: floating and sinking; submarines control submersion by filling tanks with water. Safety: water submersion is dangerous; drowning can happen quickly and quietly, so swim where there are lifeguards and never swim alone. Everyday life: some watches and phones are tested for submersion. Church life: some Christians are baptised by full submersion (immersion) in water.

### examples

- The phone survived thirty minutes of submersion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#x1)
- Submarines can stay in submersion for weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#x2)
- The plants died after long submersion in the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#x3)
- Lifeguards train for rescues from submersion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#x4)
- Some churches baptise by full submersion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#x5)
- The field was in danger of submersion when the river rose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Verb: submerge. Similar: immersion (often used for baptism and language learning). Do not confuse with «submission» (giving in, or handing in work).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «submersion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/submersion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.