assignment
— Noun
– English
~ the act of putting a person into a non-elective position; "the appointment had to be approved by the whole committee"
assignment
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~ (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance
assignment
— Noun
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~ the act of distributing something to designated places or persons; "the first task is the assignment of an address to each datum"
assignment
— Noun
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~ an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)
assignment
— Noun
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~ a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
assignment
— Noun
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~ the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another
assignor
— Noun
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~ (law) the party who makes an assignment
assimilable
— Adjective
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~ able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues
assimilate
— Verb
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~ take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
assimilate
— Verb
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~ make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
assimilate
— Verb
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~ become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
assimilate
— Verb
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~ take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
assimilate
— Verb
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~ become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
assimilating
— Adjective
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~ capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance"
assimilation
— Noun
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~ a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound
assimilation
— Noun
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~ the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
assimilation
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~ the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion
assimilation
— Noun
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~ the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
assimilation
— Noun
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~ the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
assimilation
— Noun
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~ in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance