assimilation

assimilation is a 12-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
2. noun. The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
3. noun. in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
4. noun. the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure

   Synonyms: acculturation

5. noun. a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
6. noun. the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion

   Synonyms: absorption

7. noun. the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another

   Synonyms: absorption

8. noun. the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family

Synonyms

acculturation, absorption

Common word forms

assimilations

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