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assimilation noun

  /əˌsɪməˈleɪʃən/
  • (phonology) A 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.
 assimilatie
  • The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
  • The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
 anabolisme

assimilate verb

  /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
  • (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
 assimileren, integreren
  • (transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.
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assimilable adjective

  • Capable of being assimilated; susceptible to assimilation.
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