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dissident irish republican army |
dissilience |
dissilient |
dissimilar |
dissimilarity |
dissimilate
| dissimilation
| dissimilitude
| dissimulate
| dissimulating
| dissimulation
dissimilate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb dissimilate has 3 senses
- dissimilate(v = verb.change) Array - become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities; "These consonants dissimilate" is one way to change
- dissimilate(v = verb.change) Array - make dissimilar; cause to become less similar; Array is one way to alter, change, modify
- dissimilate(v = verb.change) Array - become dissimilar or less similar; "These two related tribes of people gradually dissimilated over time" is one way to change
Antonym: assimilate
Derived form noun dissimilation1
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Antonym: assimilate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym: assimilate
Derived form noun dissimilation1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dissimilate, v. (often foll. by to) Phonet.
1 tr. change (a sound or sounds in a word) to another when the word originally had the same sound repeated, as in cinnamon, orig. cinnamom.
2 intr. (of a sound) be changed in this way.
1 tr. change (a sound or sounds in a word) to another when the word originally had the same sound repeated, as in cinnamon, orig. cinnamom.
2 intr. (of a sound) be changed in this way.
Derivative
dissimilation n. dissimilatory adj.
Etymology
L dissimilis (as DIS-, similis like), after assimilate
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