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Assignations
- noun - a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers)
- the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan; "the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the relative population of each state"
Assimilating
- verb - become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
- become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
- capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance
- make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
- take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
- take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
Assimilation
- noun - a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
- in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
- the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
- the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
- the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
- the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
Assimilative
- adjective - capable of mentally absorbing ; "assimilative processes", "assimilative capacity of the human mind"
- capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance
Assimilators
- noun - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
Assimilatory
- adjective - capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance
Associations
- noun - (chemistry) any process of combination (especially in solution) that depends on relatively weak chemical bonding
- (ecology) a group of organisms (plants and animals) that live together in a certain geographical region and constitute a community with a few dominant species
- a formal organization of people or groups of people; "he joined the Modern Language Association"
- a relation resulting from interaction or dependence; "flints were found in association with the prehistoric remains of the bear"; "the host is not always injured by association with a parasite"
- a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with other members of the team"; "many close associations with England"
- the act of consorting with or joining with others; "you cannot be convicted of criminal guilt by association"
- the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination; "condition
Assuagements
- noun - the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"
Assuefaction
- - The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation.