assimilation (noun)

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• assimilation — assimilate ► VERB 1) take in and understand (information or ideas). 2) absorb and integrate into a people or culture. 3) absorb and digest (food or nutrients). 4) regard as or make similar. DERIVATIVES assimilable adjective assimilation noun… …   English terms dictionary

• assimilation — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. an act, process, or instance of assimilating b. the state of being assimilated 2. the incorporation or conversion of nutrients into protoplasm that in animals follows digestion and absorption and in higher plants… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• assimilation — early 15c., act of assimilating, from O.Fr. assimilacion, from L. assimilationem (nom. assimilatio) likeness, similarity, noun of action from pp. stem of assimilare (see ASSIMILATE (Cf. assimilate)). Psychological sense is from 1855 …   Etymology dictionary

• assimilation — noun a) The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated. b) The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue. See Also: assimilate …   Wiktionary

• assimilation — noun (U) 1 the process of assimilating or being assimilated 2 technical the process in which a sound in a word changes because of the effect of another sound next to it, for example the p in cupboard …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• assimilation — noun 1. the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family • Derivationally related forms: ↑assimilate • Hypernyms: ↑relationship 2. the social process of absorbing one… …   Useful english dictionary

• assimilation — as|sim|i|la|tion [ ə,sımı leıʃn ] noun uncount 1. ) the process of making new ideas or pieces of information part of your knowledge so that you can use them effectively: the rapid assimilation of facts 2. ) the process of becoming part of a… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• assimilation — UK [əˌsɪmɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) the process of making new ideas or pieces of information part of your knowledge so that you can use them effectively the rapid assimilation of facts 2) the process of becoming part of a community or …   English dictionary

• assimilation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Absorption] Syn. digestion, inhalation, soaking up; see absorption 1 . 2. [Adjustment] Syn. adaptation, acclimatization, conformity; see adaptation 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The process of absorbing and… …   English dictionary for students

• assimilation — /əsɪməˈleɪʃən / (say uhsimuh layshuhn) noun 1. the act or process of assimilating. 2. the state or condition of being assimilated. 3. Physiology the conversion of absorbed food into the substance of the body. 4. Botany the total process of plant… …  

• benevolent assimilation — noun The assimilation of a people group, by absorbing foreign people into a new culture, with the primary stated reason being that it is an act of benevolence. Finally, it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military… …   Wiktionary