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assimilation in Tagalog

paghiangay

/əˌsɪməˈleɪʃən/

assimilation in Tagalog: paghiangay. In English, assimilation means the act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.

Tagalog words for assimilation

metabolic conversion
paghiangay

English meaning of assimilation

  1. noun The act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
  2. noun The metabolic conversion of nutrients into tissue.
  3. noun The absorption of new ideas into an existing cognitive structure.
  4. noun 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.

Full definition of assimilation

assimilation in a sentence

  • After centuries of British cultural assimilation, a majority of Irish now speak English instead of Irish.

assimilation in other languages

Questions about assimilation in Tagalog

What is the meaning of assimilation in Tagalog?
Assimilation in Tagalog is paghiangay.
Ano ang assimilation sa Tagalog?
Assimilation: paghiangay.
What does assimilation mean in English?
Assimilation means the act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.

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