n.
1.the state of being assimilated
2.the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
3.the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
4.a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
5.the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
6.in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
Idiom of the Day
draw a line betwen two things
to separate two things
We must draw a line between using the Internet for work and using it for personal use.