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- Dictionaryassimilate/əˈsɪmɪleɪt/
verb
- 1. take in and understand fully (information or ideas): "Marie tried to assimilate the week's events"
- 2. regard as similar; liken: "philosophers had assimilated thought to perception"
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ASSIMILATE definition: 1. to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part…. Learn more.
The meaning of ASSIMILATE is to take into the mind and thoroughly understand. How to use assimilate in a sentence. Linguistic assimilation? What prepositions are used with assimilate?: Usage Guide
Assimilate definition: to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb. See examples of ASSIMILATE used in a sentence.
to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.: The European Union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly. You shouldn't expect immigrants to assimilate into an alien culture immediately.
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.
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. 4. (usually foll by into or with)
[intransitive, transitive]to become, or cause somebody to become, a part of a country or community rather than remaining in a separate group. assimilate (into/to something)New arrivals feel the pressure to assimilate. As a Chinese teen I tried to assimilate into Canadian culture.
1. ( tr) to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly. 2. (Physiology) ( tr) to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues. 3. ( intr) to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood.
ASSIMILATE definition: 1. to understand and remember new information 2. to become part of a group, society, etc, or to…. Learn more.
verb. assimilated, assimilates, assimilating. To consume and incorporate (nutrients) into the body after digestion. American Heritage. To change (food) into a form that can be taken up by, and made part of, the bodily tissues; absorb into the body. Webster's New World. To become like or alike. Webster's New World.
