assimilationnoun [ U ]
uk/əˌsɪm.ɪˈleɪ.ʃən/us/əˌsɪm.əˈleɪ.ʃən/assimilation noun [ U ] (INTO GROUP)
the process of becoming a part, or making someone become a part, of a group, country, society, etc.:
The assimilation of ethnic Germans in the US was accelerated by the two world wars.
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Organizations - joining & leaving
- affiliation
- band
- band together
- be on the books idiom
- belong
- belong to sth
- blackball
- book
- enrol
- entrant
- entrée
- initiation ceremony
- join
- joiner
- onto
- receive
- sign
- sign up
- sit
- vote
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assimilation noun [ U ] (INTO ORGANISM)
the process of absorbing food into the tissue of a living organism:
Poor assimilation of vitamins and nutrients can cause health problems.
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Animal & plant biology - general words
- abiotic
- anatomical
- anatomically correct
- anatomy
- artificial selection
- assimilate
- biological
- biologist
- biophysics
- biotechnology
- body clock
- entomology
- food web
- geotropism
- motility
- naturalist
- poikilothermic
- primary producer
- sting
- zoology
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assimilation noun [ U ] (OF SOUNDS)
specialized phonetics the fact of a speech sound being influenced by the sound that comes before or after it
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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- coalescence
- consonant
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- phonemic
- pronounce
- silent letter
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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