the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill | in the theories of Jean Piaget: the application of a general schema to a particular instance |
the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure |
the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound |
knowledge acquired by learning and instruction | the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
the gradual process of acquiring knowledge | the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another |
| the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family |