Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

submerge

/səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables: sub-merge
IPA: /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To sink out of sight.

Intransitive verb

verb

To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.

Transitive verb

verb

To be below the surface of the sea, a lake, river, etc.

Transitive verb

verb

To engulf or overwhelm.

Transitive verb

verb

To drown or suppress.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The submarine submerged in the water."
"In films, many people are murdered by being submerged in swimming pools."
"On the day of RAIL 's site visit, in heavy weather, the scaffolding and decking that engineers stand on were submerged deep under choppy water, with work suspended. "We have to work around the tides," explained Project Director Alan Venables. "The wind pushes the tide up and the waves get larger. That causes some problems with the scaffold.""
"Because of the death of his father, he is submerged in sorrow."
"Mrs Dibble made for the kitchen, stumping violently with her crutches and heaving her bulk along with the obvious determination to submerge her wrongs by resorting to the gin-bottle."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/
British English: /səbˈmɜːd͡ʒ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

submerges (present, singular) submerging (participle, present) submerged (participle, past) submerged (past)

Derived Forms

resubmerge submergeable submergement submergence submerger submergible

Frequently Paired Words

submersion

Synonyms

immerse submerse inundate deluge drown overwhelm

Rhymes With

urge emerge surge merge verge purge converge serge scourge splurge diverge dirge

Questions

How do you pronounce submerge?: The recorded pronunciation is /səbˈmɝd͡ʒ/.
What does submerge mean?: To sink out of sight.
Where does submerge come from?: Borrowed from Latin submergere, from sub (“under”) + mergere (“to plunge”). By surface analysis, sub- + merge.

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