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assimilate

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

noun

Meaning

  • Something that is or has been assimilated.

verb

Meaning

  • To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

    "Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue."

  • To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

    "The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said."

  • To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.

    "The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race."

  • To compare to something similar.

  • To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

  • To become similar.

  • To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

Synonyms

integrate,
process