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   assimilate

   /əˈsɪmɪleɪt/

   verb

   • 1. take in and understand fully (information or ideas): "Marie tried to assimilate the week's events"
   • ▪ absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture: "pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed" Similar subsumeincorporateintegrateabsorbengulfswallow uptake overco-optnaturalizeadoptembraceacceptadmitrare:acculturate
   • ▪ become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture: "the older generation had more trouble assimilating"
   • ▪ (of the body or any biological system) absorb and digest (food or nutrients): "the sugars in the fruit are readily assimilated by the body" Similar absorbtake inacquirepick upgraspcomprehendunderstandlearnmasterdigestingestimbibedrink insoak ininformal:get the hang ofget
   • 2. regard as similar; liken: "philosophers had assimilated thought to perception"
   • ▪ become similar: "the Churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm"
   • ▪ make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word: "the ‘v’ in ‘fivepence’ may be assimilated to a voiceless ‘f’ (because of the ‘p’)"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin assimilat- ‘absorbed, incorporated’, from the verb assimilare, from ad- ‘to’ + similis ‘like’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. assimilable adjective
   • 2. assimilative adjective
   • 3. assimilatory adjective

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   Learn the meaning, usage, and history of the word assimilate, which can be a verb or a noun. Find synonyms, examples, and related words for assimilate in this online dictionary.

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   ASSIMILATE meaning: 1. to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part…. Learn more.

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   Assimilate definition: to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb. See examples of ASSIMILATE used in a sentence.

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   assimilate in British English. (əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt ) verb. 1. (transitive) to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly. 2. (transitive) to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues. 3. (intransitive) to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishMeaning of assimilate – Learner’s Dictionary - Cambridge...

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   ASSIMILATE definition: 1. to understand and remember new information 2. to become part of a group, society, etc, or to…. Learn more.

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   Imported from Latin, assimilate has the word similar within it and in fact, means "to become like something else." If someone moves to another country, he or she will need to assimilate by adapting to and taking in the language, culture and customs of the new place.