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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

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   assimilate. verb. These are words and phrases related to assimilate. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of assimilate. What we eat is assimilated into our systems. A good student assimilates knowledge quickly.

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   Synonyms for ASSIMILATION: understanding, absorption, grasp, comprehension, conception, digestion, uptake, perception; Antonyms of ASSIMILATION: misunderstanding, misinterpretation, misperception, misapprehension, miscomprehension, incomprehension, noncomprehension, diversity.

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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.

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    Synonyms for ASSIMILATE: absorb, digest, take up, imbibe, osmose, ingest, similize, uniformize, take-in, learn; Antonyms for ASSIMILATE: misunderstand, dissimilate, reject, unlearn, dissimilate, not adapt, dissimilate.

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