assimilate (verb)

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• assimilate — ► VERB 1) take in and understand (information or ideas). 2) absorb and integrate into a people or culture. 3) absorb and digest (food or nutrients). 4) regard as or make similar. DERIVATIVES assimilable adjective assimilation noun assimi …   English terms dictionary

• assimilate — verb 1 learn/understand ADVERB ▪ easily, quickly, rapidly, readily ▪ Children assimilate new information very quickly. 2 become/make sb part of sth ADVERB ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• assimilate — verb 1 (T) to think about new ideas, information etc so that you feel ready to use them: It will take time to assimilate all these facts. 2 (I, T) if people assimilate or are assimilated into a country or group, they become part of it and are… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• assimilate — verb 1) the amount of information he can assimilate Syn: absorb, take in, acquire, soak up, pick up, grasp, comprehend, understand, learn, master; digest, ingest 2) many tribes were assimilated by Turkic peoples Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• assimilate — verb /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/ a) To incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion. The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said. b) To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind …   Wiktionary

• assimilate — verb 1》 take in and fully understand (information or ideas).     ↘(of a society or culture) absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture). 2》 absorb and digest (food or nutrients). 3》 regard as or become similar. 4》 Phonetics make (a sound)… …   English new terms dictionary

• assimilate — [c]/əˈsɪməleɪt / (say uh simuhlayt) verb (assimilated, assimilating) –verb (t) 1. Physiology to convert (food, etc.) into a substance suitable for absorption into the system. 2. to take in and incorporate as one s own; absorb: to assimilate a… …  

• assimilate — [[t]əsɪ̱mɪleɪt[/t]] assimilates, assimilating, assimilated 1) V ERG When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it. There is every sign that new Asian… …   English dictionary

• assimilate — I. verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin assimilatus, past participle of assimilare, from Latin assimulare to make similar, from ad + simulare to make similar, simulate Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• assimilate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. digest, absorb; incorporate, merge (with). See similarity, imitation, learning. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To absorb] Syn. take up, digest, osmose; see absorb 1 . 2. [To understand] Syn. grasp, learn,… …   English dictionary for students

• assimilate — UK [əˈsɪmɪleɪt] / US [əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt] verb Word forms assimilate : present tense I/you/we/they assimilate he/she/it assimilates present participle assimilating past tense assimilated past participle assimilated 1) a) [transitive] to help someone… …   English dictionary