assimilate

Meanings

• Verb

  To adopt or absorb (a belief, custom, etc.) fully; make part of one's own.

  - "The new students quickly assimilated to the school's culture."
  - "After years of living in the foreign country, they had assimilated its language and customs."

• Verb

  To take in and make use of nutrients, substances, or information.

  - "The body assimilates food to gain energy."
  - "The brain assimilates new information and stores it in memory."

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Pronunciation

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2. /əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/
   
   
   
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Synonyms

integrate , process

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with assimilate
complicate , relate , create , debate , fate

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Variants

List of all variants of assimilate that leads to same result
assimilate , assimilated , assimilates , assimilating , assimilator , assimilators

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Etymology

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From the Latin assimilare, meaning 'to make similar'.

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Trivia

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1. Assimilate is a transitive verb, meaning it requires an object. For example, 'The student assimilated the new language.'

2. Assimilate is related to the word 'similar'.

3. Assimilate is often used in the context of cultural integration and socialization.

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Related Concepts

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1. Acculturate: A related term that refers to the process of adopting the customs and values of a new culture while retaining one's own identity.

2. Socialization: The process of learning and internalizing the norms, values, and behaviors of a society or group.

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. Those groups were eagerly "assimilating" into the larger culture and rejecting their own cuisine …

   - Corby Kummer,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},16 Aug. 1998

2. Over time, most of the inhabitants of the "Little Italies" … "assimilated" rapidly to the society …

   - Stephan Thernstrom,{it}Times Literary Supplement{/it},26 May 2000

3. The mistaken attempts to "assimilate" Lindner's paintings into the Pop Art movement in the 1960s …

   - Hilton Kramer,{it}Arts & Antiques{/it},January 1997

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Culture

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Assimilate has been used extensively in literature and social sciences, particularly in the context of cultural assimilation, where individuals or groups adopt the customs, beliefs, and values of another culture.

How to Memorize "assimilate"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine the word 'assimilate' written in your mind, and then visualize the process of absorbing or adopting something new.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'assimilate' with the idea of taking in and making use of something new, such as food or information.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by associating the word 'assimilate' with a memorable phrase, such as 'Absorb it like a sponge' or 'Assimilate: Adopt, Sustain, Integrate, Modify, Internalize, Transform, and Adapt'.

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