Definitions for assimilate

Definitions for (verb) assimilate

Main entry: assimilate

Definition: become similar to one's environment

Usage: Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly


Main entry: assimilate

Definition: make similar

Usage: This country assimilates immigrants very quickly


Main entry: assimilate

Definition: become similar in sound

Usage: The nasal assimilates to the following consonant


Main entry: ingest, absorb, assimilate, take in

Definition: take up mentally

Usage: he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe


Main entry: assimilate, imbibe

Definition: take (gas, light or heat) into a solution


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