submerged

CEFRC1

/səˈbmɜrdʒd/

adjective · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Covered completely by water or another liquid.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    below the surface of a liquid

Examples

  • Hundreds of fields were submerged in the flood.

  • Whales can remain submerged for a long time.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. underwater

  2. poor, impoverished

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of submerge

More examples

In context

  • Janet was completely submerged when she was snorkeling.

  • Near-synonym: submarine (sometimes synonymous)

Synonyms

Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

After the storm, the old heavy car was completely blank underwater.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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