noun🔗ShareThe act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated."The assimilation of new information into my understanding of physics was challenging. "culturesocietypoliticsgroupnationhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue."The child's rapid growth spurt was due to the efficient assimilation of nutrients from her healthy diet. "physiologybiologybiochemistryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure."The student's assimilation of new math concepts helped her understand the more complex problems. "mindeducationcommunicationsocietyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs."The assimilation of the "k" sound in "backwards" makes it sound almost like "ba'wards". "phoneticslinguisticslanguagesoundwordprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(cultural studies) The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture."The new student's assimilation into the school's social group was surprisingly fast. "culturesocietypoliticsnationhistorygroupattitudeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
