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   As·sim·i·late

   /əˈsiməˌlāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully: "Marie tried to assimilate the week's events"
   • ▪ absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture: "pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed" Similar subsumeincorporateintegrateabsorbengulfswallow uptake overco-optnaturalizeadoptembraceacceptadmitrare:acculturate
   • ▪ become absorbed and integrated into a society or culture: "the older generation had more trouble assimilating"
   • ▪ (of the body or any biological system) absorb and digest (food or nutrients): "the sugars in the fruit are readily assimilated by the body" Similar absorbtake inacquirepick upgraspcomprehendunderstandlearnmasterdigestingestimbibedrink insoak ininformal:get the hang ofget
   • 2. cause (something) to resemble; liken: "philosophers had assimilated thought to perception"
   • ▪ come to resemble: "the Churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm"
   • ▪ make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin assimilat- ‘absorbed, incorporated’, from the verb assimilare, from ad- ‘to’ + similis ‘like’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. assimilable adjective
   • 2. assimilative adjective
   • 3. assimilatory adjective

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   Synonyms for ASSIMILATION: understanding, absorption, grasp, comprehension, conception, digestion, uptake, perception; Antonyms of ASSIMILATION: misunderstanding, misinterpretation, misperception, misapprehension, miscomprehension, incomprehension, noncomprehension, diversity.

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   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.

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   What does assimilate mean?

   • 1 to describe as similar. assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine. Synonyms for assimilate. analogize, bracket, compare, equate, liken. associate,

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   What happened before assimilate was a word?

   • Something similar occurred before assimilate was a word in English. Assimilate comes from the Latin prefix ad - (meaning "to, towards") and similis ("similar"). Over time the d of the prefix ad - assimilated itself with the s of similis. Verb Over time, most of the inhabitants of the "Little Italies" … assimilated rapidly to the society …

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