assimilation in Irish
assimilation in Irish is comhshamhlú — assimilation means the process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
assimilation in Irish
comhshamhlú
(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.
What does "assimilation" mean?
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noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
"The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months."
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noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.
"The "n" in "input" often shifts to "m" through assimilation."
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assimilation in a sentence
- The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months.
- Cultural assimilation was once a common goal of immigration policy.
- The "n" in "input" often shifts to "m" through assimilation.
- Linguists call it assimilation when one sound changes to match the sound next to it.
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What is "assimilation" in Irish?
"assimilation" in Irish is comhshamhlú. assimilation means: The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
How do you use "assimilation" in a sentence?
Example: "The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months." In Irish, "assimilation" is comhshamhlú.
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