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assimilate

/əˈsɪmɪleɪt/
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Adjective:assimilative
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Past Simple:assimilated
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Past Participle:assimilated
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Present Participle:assimilating
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• verb

1

To take in and fully understand information, ideas, or knowledge.

Example

"The students needed extra time to assimilate the complex mathematical concepts presented in the lecture."

2

To absorb and integrate people, ideas, or culture into a wider society, or to adapt and become integrated into it.

Example

"Over several generations, the immigrant community began to assimilate into the local culture."

3

To absorb and digest food or nutrients into the body or biological tissue.

Example

"Certain vitamins help the human body assimilate calcium more efficiently."

4

To regard as similar, or to cause two things to resemble each other (especially of speech sounds in linguistics).

Example

"In rapid speech, the nasal consonant often assimilates to the following stop."

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• Rhymes for assimilate

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Word Origin & Etymology

Borrowed in the 15th century from Latin assimilatus, the past participle of assimilare ('to make similar or liken'), formed from ad- ('to') and similis ('like, resembling').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Assimilate. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/assimilate
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