Dictionary Entry
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
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- 1noun
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.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
- 4noun
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
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- 5noun
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
- 6noun
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
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- 7noun
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
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- 8noun
the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to See themselves as part of a larger national family
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