assimilate
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a dominant social group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust: to assimilate the new immigrants.
Physiology. to convert (food) to substances suitable for incorporation into the body and its tissues.
to cause to resemble (usually followed by to or with).
to compare; liken (usually followed by to or with).
Phonetics. to modify by assimilation.
to be or become absorbed.
to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a dominant social group, nation, or the like: The new arrivals assimilated easily and quickly.
Physiology. (of food) to be converted into the substance of the body; be absorbed into the system.
to bear a resemblance (usually followed by to or with).
Phonetics. to become modified by assimilation.
something that is assimilated.
Origin of assimilate
1Other words from assimilate
- as·sim·i·la·tor, noun
- non·as·sim·i·lat·ing, adjective
- re·as·sim·i·late, verb, re·as·sim·i·lat·ed, re·as·sim·i·lat·ing.
- un·as·sim·i·lat·ed, adjective
- un·as·sim·i·lat·ing, adjective
- well-as·sim·i·lat·ed, adjective
Words Nearby assimilate
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use assimilate in a sentence
They had worried about being able to assimilate into a culture so different from the one they had left behind.
‘The Harness Maker’s Dream:’ The Unlikely Ranch King of Texas | Nick Kotz | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTheir stories were told again and again in an attempt to assimilate the tragedy, to comprehend the incomprehensible.
As prejudices waned, it became easier and ultimately desirable for Jews to fully assimilate.
Our bodies have a tendency to assimilate to the cognitive enhancements of tea, which can eventually lead to addiction.
The 21 percent of students whose parents are immigrants will have less of a chance to assimilate.
The Wingnut War On Common Core Is A Plot To Destroy Public Schools | Caitlin Dickson | May 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But the Oriental we can't assimilate, for all our ostrich-like digestion, and what we can't assimilate we won't have.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonWe assimilate anything white so quickly it is a wonder an immigrant remembers the native way of pronouncing his own name.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonAt this moment he was in the act of despoiling both ancient and modern philosophy of all their wealth in order to assimilate it.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThese gardens are rather like oriental flower-plots, but they assimilate well with the climate.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamPoetry is unable, under pain of death or decay, to assimilate itself to morals or science.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile Gautier
British Dictionary definitions for assimilate
/ (əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt) /
(tr) to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly
(tr) to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues
(intr) to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood
(usually foll by into or with) to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted: the new immigrants assimilated easily
(usually foll by to or with) to become or cause to become similar
(usually foll by to) phonetics to change (a consonant) or (of a consonant) to be changed into another under the influence of one adjacent to it: (n) often assimilates to ŋ before (k), as in ``include''
Origin of assimilate
1Derived forms of assimilate
- assimilable, adjective
- assimilably, adverb
- assimilation, noun
- assimilative or assimilatory, adjective
- assimilator, noun
- assimilatively, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse