ALL meanings of assimilate
as·sim·i·late
A a - verb assimilate When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it. 3
- verb assimilate If you assimilate new ideas, techniques, or information, you learn them or adopt them. 3
- verb assimilate to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly 3
- verb assimilate to absorb (food) and incorporate it into the body tissues 3
- verb assimilate to become absorbed, incorporated, or learned and understood 3
- verb assimilate to bring or come into harmony; adjust or become adjusted 3
- verb assimilate to become or cause to become similar 3
- verb assimilate to change (a consonant) or (of a consonant) to be changed into another under the influence of one adjacent to it 3
- verb transitive assimilate to change (food) into a form that can be taken up by, and made part of, the body tissues; absorb into the body 3
- verb transitive assimilate to absorb and incorporate into one's thinking 3
- verb transitive assimilate to absorb (groups of different cultures) into the main cultural body 3
- verb transitive assimilate to make like or alike; cause to resemble 3
- verb transitive assimilate to compare or liken 3
- verb transitive assimilate to cause to undergo assimilation 3
- intransitive verb assimilate to become like or alike 3
- intransitive verb assimilate to be absorbed and incorporated 3
- intransitive verb assimilate to undergo assimilation 3
- verb with object assimilate to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip. 1
- verb with object assimilate to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust: to assimilate the new immigrants. 1
- verb with object assimilate Physiology. to convert (food) to substances suitable for incorporation into the body and its tissues. 1
- verb with object assimilate to cause to resemble (usually followed by to or with). 1
- verb with object assimilate to compare; liken (usually followed by to or with). 1
- verb with object assimilate Phonetics. to modify by assimilation. 1
- verb without object assimilate to be or become absorbed. 1
- verb without object assimilate to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like: The new arrivals assimilated easily and quickly. 1
- transitive verb assimilate absorb, incorporate 1
- verb without object assimilate Physiology. (of food) to be converted into the substance of the body; be absorbed into the system. 1
- intransitive verb assimilate be incorporated 1
- verb without object assimilate to bear a resemblance (usually followed by to or with). 1
- intransitive verb assimilate adjust, adapt: to group 1
- verb without object assimilate Phonetics. to become modified by assimilation. 1
- noun assimilate something that is assimilated. 1
- noun assimilate Take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully. 1
- verb assimilate To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. 0
- verb assimilate To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind. 0
- verb assimilate To absorb a group of people into a community. 0
- verb assimilate To compare a thing to something similar. 0
- verb assimilate To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between. 0