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- Dictionaryas·sim·i·late/əˈsiməˌlāt/
verb
- 1. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully: "Marie tried to assimilate the week's events"
- 2. cause (something) to resemble; liken: "philosophers had assimilated thought to perception"
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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.
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
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 ).
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.
ASSIMILATE meaning: 1. to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part…. Learn more.
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.
to absorb food or a substance into the tissue of a living organism: In this form vitamins can be easily assimilated by the body.
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)
[transitive, often passive] assimilate something into/to something to make an idea, a person's attitude, etc. fit into something or be acceptable These changes were gradually assimilated into everyday life. See assimilate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: assimilate.
assimilate meaning, definition, what is assimilate: to completely understand and begin to us...: Learn more.
