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Immersion

The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx.

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Broader term 5

Attention 76% connected

The act or state of attending or heeding; the application of the mind to any object of sense, representation, or thought; notice; exclusive or specia…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Baptism 76% connected

The act of baptizing; the application of water to a person, as a sacrament or religious ceremony, by which he is initiated into the visible church of…

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Disappearance 76% connected

The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing.

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Sinking 76% connected

of Sink

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Wetting 76% connected

of Wet

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Narrower term 8

Centering 76% connected

of Centre

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Centring 76% connected

of Centre

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Dip 76% connected

To plunge or immerse; especially, to put for a moment into a liquid; to insert into a fluid and withdraw again.

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Focus 76% connected

A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

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Focusing 76% connected

of Focus

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Specialism 76% connected

Devotion to a particular and restricted part or branch of knowledge, art, or science; as, medical specialism.

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Study 76% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

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Derivationally related 8

Duck 74% connected

A pet; a darling.

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Duck 74% connected

A pet; a darling.

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Plunge 74% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Plunge 74% connected

To thrust into water, or into any substance that is penetrable; to immerse; to cause to penetrate or enter quickly and forcibly; to thrust; as, to pl…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Submerge 74% connected

To put under water; to plunge.

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Submerge 74% connected

To put under water; to plunge.

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Containing whole 2

Eclipse 70% connected

An interception or obscuration of the light of the sun, moon, or other luminous body, by the intervention of some other body, either between it and t…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Occultation 70% connected

The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and pla…

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Synonym 9

Absorption 92% connected

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Concentration 92% connected

The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dousing 92% connected

of Douse

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Ducking 92% connected

of Duck

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Engrossment 92% connected

The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ingress 92% connected

The act of entering; entrance; as, the ingress of air into the lungs.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Submergence 92% connected

The act of submerging, or the state of being submerged; submersion.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Submerging 92% connected

of Submerge

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Submersion 92% connected

The act of submerging, or putting under water or other fluid, or of causing to be overflowed; the act of plunging under water, or of drowning.

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Antonym 2

Egress 94% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Egress 94% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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