(phonetics, phonology) An assimilation whereby a sound becomes more like the following sound.

(phonetics, phonology) An assimilation whereby a sound becomes more like the preceding sound.

(linguistics) Synonym of language shift

(US) The assimilation of a group of foreigners by absorbing them into a new culture, with the primary stated reason being that it is an act of benevolence.

(phonetics) A kind of assimilation associated with the English spoken in Yorkshire, England, where a final voiced obstruent preceding an initial voiceless obstruent is devoiced.