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- pronunciation:
sI
m
leIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
assimilates, assimilating, assimilated |
| definition 1: |
to absorb and incorporate (knowledge, experience, or the like).
She'd studied a great deal, but she needed more time to assimilate the information before the oral exam.- synonyms:
- absorb, digest, incorporate
- similar words:
- appropriate, consume, imbibe
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| definition 2: |
to absorb and incorporate (an ethnically distinct group) into the prevailing culture.
The villagers were forcibly assimilated into the society of the conquerors.- synonyms:
- acculturate, integrate, naturalize
- similar words:
- accustom, amalgamate, blend, convert, transform, unite
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| definition 3: |
to metabolize (food); digest.
The body assimilates some foods more completely than others.- synonyms:
- digest, metabolize
- similar words:
- consume, convert, eat, ingest
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| definition 4: |
in phonetics, to modify (a sound) to make it resemble a linguistically adjacent sound.
The /p/ sound in the word "grandpa" tends to assimilate the preceding /n/ sound so that /n/ becomes /m/. |
| related words: |
absorb, adapt, conform, get |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to be or become absorbed or incorporated.
Some groups, such as the Amish, have never assimilated into American society.- synonyms:
- adjust
- similar words:
- naturalize
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| definition 2: |
to adapt and conform.
Adult immigrants tended to hang on to their language and traditional ways, whereas the children usually assimilated.- synonyms:
- acclimate, adapt, adjust, conform
- similar words:
- accommodate, convert
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| definition 3: |
of food, to be or become absorbed into an organism's system.
These types of food assimilate quickly in the body.- synonyms:
- digest, metabolize
- similar words:
- convert
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| definition 4: |
of a speech sound, to become modified by a linguistically adjacent sound.
The /n/ sound assimilates to the following /p/ sound and becomes /m/ in the pronunciation. |
| related words: |
adapt, adjust, conform, digest |
adverb + (v.)assimilate
completely,
culturally,
easily,
eventually,
faster,
forcibly,
fully,
gradually,
highly,
merely,
partially,
partly,
properly,
rapidly,
readily,
selectively,
successfully,
thereby,
thoroughly,
totally,
wholly
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(v.)assimilate
+ adverb
comfortably, newly, quickly, socially
(v.)assimilate
+ noun
ammonium,
concept,
core,
culture,
discipline,
element,
foreigner,
framework,
hispanics,
host,
information,
knowledge,
language,
load,
mechanism,
newcomer,
nitrogen,
norm,
nutrient,
society,
style,
tribe,
waste
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| derivations: |
assimilative (adj.), assimilator (n.) |
The word assimilate
contains the following parts:
sim, semb
Latin
root
that means like, similar
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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