Assimilation vs. Accommodation
Assimilationnoun
The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
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The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
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(by extension) The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
Assimilationnoun
(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.
Assimilationnoun
The adoption, by a minority group, of the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.
Assimilationnoun
The act or process of assimilating or bringing to a resemblance, likeness, or identity; also, the state of being so assimilated; as, the assimilation of one sound to another.
Assimilationnoun
The conversion of nutriment into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption, whether in plants or animals.
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the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
Assimilationnoun
the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
Assimilationnoun
the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
Assimilationnoun
a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
Assimilationnoun
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
Assimilationnoun
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance
Assimilationnoun
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas
Assimilationnoun
the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture
Assimilationnoun
the absorption and digestion of food or nutrients by the body or any biological system
Assimilationnoun
the process of becoming similar to something
Assimilationnoun
the fact of a sound being made more like another in the same or next word
Accommodationnoun
Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
Accommodationnoun
(physical) Adaptation or adjustment.
Accommodationnoun
The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
Accommodationnoun
A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
Accommodationnoun
The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
Accommodationnoun
The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
Accommodationnoun
(personal) Adaptation or adjustment.
Accommodationnoun
Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
Accommodationnoun
Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
Accommodationnoun
(countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
Accommodationnoun
A loan of money.
Accommodationnoun
An accommodation bill or note.
Accommodationnoun
An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
Accommodationnoun
(theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
Accommodationnoun
The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
Accommodationnoun
Modifications to make one's way of speaking similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
Accommodationnoun
The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment; - followed by to.
Accommodationnoun
Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
Accommodationnoun
Whatever supplies a want or affords ease, refreshment, or convenience; anything furnished which is desired or needful; - often in the plural; as, the accommodations - that is, lodgings and food - at an inn.
Accommodationnoun
An adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement.
Accommodationnoun
The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
Accommodationnoun
A loan of money.
Accommodationnoun
making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
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a settlement of differences;
Accommodationnoun
in the theories of Jean Piaget: the modification of internal representations in order to accommodate a changing knowledge of reality
Accommodationnoun
living quarters provided for public convenience;
Accommodationnoun
the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need
Accommodationnoun
(physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the lens of the eye
Accommodationnoun
a room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay
Accommodationnoun
lodgings, sometimes also including board
Accommodationnoun
the available space for occupants in a building, vehicle, or vessel
Accommodationnoun
the provision of a room or lodgings
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a convenient arrangement; a settlement or compromise
Accommodationnoun
the process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something
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the automatic adjustment of the focus of the eye by flattening or thickening of the lens
