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assimilate

[ verb uh-sim-uh-leyt; noun uh-sim-uh-lit, -leyt ]

verb (used with object)

assimilated, assimilating.
  1. to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb:

    He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.

  2. 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.

  3. Physiology. to convert (food) to substances suitable for incorporation into the body and its tissues.
  4. to cause to resemble (usually followed by to or with ).
  5. to compare; liken (usually followed by to or with ).
  6. Phonetics. to modify by assimilation.


verb (used without object)

assimilated, assimilating.
  1. to be or become absorbed.
  2. 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.

  3. Physiology. (of food) to be converted into the substance of the body; be absorbed into the system.
  4. to bear a resemblance (usually followed by to or with ).
  5. Phonetics. to become modified by assimilation.

noun

  1. something that is assimilated.

assimilate

/ 蓹藞蝉瑟尘瑟藢濒别瑟迟 /

verb

  1. tr to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly
  2. tr to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues
  3. intr to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood
  4. usually foll byinto or with to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted

    the new immigrants assimilated easily

  5. usually foll byto or with to become or cause to become similar
  6. 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 艐 before (k), as in ``include''

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 补蝉藞蝉颈尘颈藢濒补迟辞谤, noun
  • 补蝉藞蝉颈尘颈濒补迟颈惫别, adjective
  • 补蝉藞蝉颈尘颈濒补迟颈惫别ly, adverb
  • 补蝉藞蝉颈尘颈濒补产濒别, adjective
  • 补蝉藞蝉颈尘颈濒补产濒测, adverb
  • 补蝉藢蝉颈尘颈藞濒补迟颈辞苍, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补蝉路蝉颈尘顎僫路濒补顎卼辞谤 noun
  • 苍辞苍顎卆蝉路蝉颈尘顎僫路濒补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
  • 谤别顎卆蝉路蝉颈尘顎僫路濒补迟别顎 verb reassimilated reassimilating
  • 耻苍顎卆蝉路蝉颈尘顎僫路濒补迟顎卐诲 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卆蝉路蝉颈尘顎僫路濒补迟顎卛苍驳 adjective
  • 飞别濒濒顎-补蝉路蝉颈尘顎僫路濒补迟顎卐诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of assimilate1

First recorded in 1570鈥80; from Latin 补蝉蝉颈尘颈濒腻迟耻蝉 鈥渓ikened to, made like鈥 (past participle of 补蝉蝉颈尘颈濒腻谤别 ), equivalent to as- as- + simil- ( similar ) + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of assimilate1

C15: from Latin 补蝉蝉颈尘颈濒腻谤别 to make one thing like another, from similis like, similar
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Costume designer Celeste Jennings illustrates their differences through clothing choices that reflect Sade鈥檚 more marginalized status and Mina鈥檚 more assimilated reality.

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Some fell in with gangs as they struggled to assimilate, and that鈥檚 when they got caught up in the criminal system.

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Nousheen Fatima, 34, says because of government messaging, people outside Kashmir now see the region as being safer and "more assimilated with India".

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This type of skepticism continued even as wave after wave of immigrants 鈥 Irish, Italians, Jews, Chinese, Mexicans 鈥 ended up assimilating.

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We have to assimilate if we want to be a part of this world.

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