English Reference
Adjective

immersive

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate im·mer·sive Education

adj.providing a deep experience that makes you feel completely surrounded by or involved in something. You use this to describe things like video games or movies that feel very real.

adj.providing a deeply engaging or all-encompassing experience that absorbs the attention of the participant. Often describes digital environments or artistic installations that simulate physical presence.


SIMPLE

The new video game offers a truly immersive experience.

CONTEXTUAL

Museums are increasingly using immersive technology to help visitors feel like they are walking through historical events.

COMPLEX

The director utilized surround sound and 360-degree projections to create an immersive atmosphere that blurred the boundary between the audience and the performers.

Usage

Typically used attributively before a noun like 'experience', 'environment', or 'technology'.

The study suggests these tombs may have been designed not simply to house the dead but to affect the living through an immersive environment.

Phys.org· 4 Sept 2026

Photograph: Denis O’Regan Billed as an immersive spatial-sound documentary, David Bowie: Unseen Unheard is a personal portrait of the singer by Denis O’Regan, who worked as Bowie’s official photographer.

The Guardian· 2 Sept 2026
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Level B2 · Upper Intermediate
Frequency Frequent
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