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progressive assimilation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables
pro-gres-sive as-sim-i-la-tion
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
7
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An assimilation whereby a sound becomes more like the preceding sound.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

progressive assimilations (plural)

Synonyms

perseverative assimilation left-to-right assimilation

Antonyms

regressive assimilation anticipatory assimilation right-to-left assimilation

Questions

What does progressive assimilation mean?
An assimilation whereby a sound becomes more like the preceding sound.

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