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assimilate

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

/əˈsɪm.ə.leɪt/

assimilateverb

assimilated

Past Simple

assimilated

Past Participle

assimilating

Gerund

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

/əˈsɪm.ə.leɪt/

Translations

It takes time to assimilate new information.

Требуется время, чтобы усвоить новую информацию.

The immigrants tried to assimilate into the local culture.

Иммигранты пытались ассимилироваться в местную культуру.

Additional translations

становиться подобным

Definitions

To take in and understand fully (information or ideas).

She was able to assimilate all the new information quickly.

To absorb and integrate into a wider society or culture.

Immigrants often find it challenging to assimilate into a new culture.

To absorb and digest (food or nutrients) in the body.

The body needs time to assimilate the nutrients from the food.

To cause (a speech sound) to become similar to or identical with a neighboring sound.

In the prefix "in-", the nasal consonant assimilates to /m/ before a labial consonant, as in "impossible".

To make or become alike; to cause something to resemble something else.

The architect tried to assimilate the new extension to the style of the original building.

Synonyms

take in

assimilatenoun

assimilates

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

/əˈsɪ.mə.leɪt/

Rare/dated use: a person or thing that has become integrated into a larger group or that resembles another

Definitions

A person or thing that has been absorbed into and made part of a larger group, especially culturally or socially.

The newly arrived immigrants strove to become assimilates within their host community.