assibilate | (verb) change into a sibilant | - |
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(verb) insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) | - |
assibilation | (noun) pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound | Synonyms: sibilation |
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(noun) the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant | - |
assiduity | (noun) great and constant diligence and attention | Synonyms: assiduousness, concentration |
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assiduous | (adjective) marked by care and persistent effort | Synonyms: sedulous |
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assiduously | (adverb) with care and persistence | - |
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assiduousness | (noun) great and constant diligence and attention | Synonyms: assiduity, concentration |
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assign | (verb) select something or someone for a specific purpose | Synonyms: set apart, specify |
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(verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, attribute, impute |
(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: attribute |
(verb) attribute or give | Synonyms: put |
(verb) transfer one's right to | - |
(verb) give out | Synonyms: allot, portion |
(verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: arrogate |
(verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: delegate, depute, designate |
assignable | (adjective) legally transferable to the ownership of another | Synonyms: conveyable, negotiable, transferable, transferrable |
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assignation | (noun) a secret rendezvous (especially between lovers) | Synonyms: tryst |
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(noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, parceling, parcelling |
assigned | (adjective) appointed to a post or duty | - |
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assignee | (noun) (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) | - |
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assigning | (noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assignment |
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assignment | (noun) a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces) | Synonyms: duty assignment |
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(noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: appointment, designation, naming |
(noun) the act of distributing something to designated places or persons | Synonyms: assigning |
(noun) an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor) | - |
(noun) the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another | - |
(noun) (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance | Synonyms: grant |
assignor | (noun) (law) the party who makes an assignment | - |
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assimilability | (noun) Capability of being taken in and utilized as nourishment. | - |
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assimilable | (adjective) able to be absorbed and incorporated into body tissues | - |
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assimilate | (verb) become similar to one's environment | - |
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(verb) make similar | - |
(verb) become similar in sound | - |
(verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: absorb, ingest, take in |
(verb) take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | Synonyms: imbibe |
assimilating | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilative, assimilatory |
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assimilation | (noun) in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance | - |
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(noun) the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | Synonyms: acculturation |
(noun) a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound | - |
(noun) the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion | Synonyms: absorption |
(noun) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another | Synonyms: absorption |
(noun) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family | - |
assimilative | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilating, assimilatory |
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(adjective) capable of mentally absorbing | - |
assimilator | (noun) someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | Synonyms: learner, scholar, student |
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assimilatory | (adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution | Synonyms: assimilating, assimilative |
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assist | (noun) (sports) the act of enabling another player to make a good play | - |
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(noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: aid, assistance, help |
(verb) act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function | - |
(verb) work for, or be a servant to | Synonyms: attend, attend to, serve, wait on |
(verb) give help or assistance; be of service | Synonyms: aid, help |
assistance | (noun) the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: aid, assist, help |
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(noun) a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do | Synonyms: aid, help |
(noun) gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause | Synonyms: aid, economic aid, economic assistance, financial aid, financial assistance |
assistant | (adjective) of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another | Synonyms: adjunct |
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(noun) a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose | Synonyms: help, helper, supporter |
assisted | (adjective) having help; often used as a combining form | Synonyms: aided |
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assistive | (adjective) giving assistance | - |
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assize | (noun) an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property | - |
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(noun) the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale | - |
assizes | (noun) the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by Crown courts) | Synonyms: court of assize, court of assize and nisi prius |
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