Pretty Important SAT Vocabulary: IMMERSIVE 🕹️ ⏩️

IMMERSIVE is an awesome word that describes an experience that completely absorbs your attention. It's important for SAT prep as well as for reading or listening to Pink Floyd. 🌑 🧱 🤘

ℹ️ Part of speech of immersive

immersive is an ADJECTIVE.

🗣️ Pronunciation of immersive

immersive is pronounced /ɪ.ˈmɝː.sɪv/ or ih-MUR-siv.

📚️ Definition of immersive

immersive means engaging one's senses to the point that the real world is forgotten or ignored. Example: an immersive video game/book/song/museum exhibit.

📰 Examples

Here are some examples of immersive used in a sentence:

• The immersive theater performance left the audience feeling as though they were part of the story.

• Naseer's new VR headset provides an incredibly immersive gaming experience.

• The movie was so immersive, that for two hours, I completely forgot about the 10-page paper due tomorrow.

🧠 Quick vocab quiz on immersive

Test yourself!

immersive most nearly means

(A) engaging.
(B) expensive.
(C) expansive.
(D) illuminating.
(E) erratic.

And one more:

Which of the following experiences could best be described as immersive?

(A) Watching a poorly-made documentary about the Sahara desert.
(B) Reading a textbook on biology.
(C) Trying to understand a garbled, distorted voicemail message.
(D) Having a quick lunch while scrolling through social media.
(E) Exploring a virtual reality game set in space with a brilliant score.

Scroll down for the answer/s.

💁🏼 Tips on using the word immersive correctly

Use immersive to describe an experience that completely engrosses or captivates the senses. For example, theme parks like Disneyland can be more immersive than public playgrounds because the former may blur the lines between reality and the experience itself.

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✅ Quiz answer/s

Answers:

• A, engaging.

• E, Exploring a virtual reality game... I will admit that, depending on the person, the other four options could also arguably be immersive.

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