Definitions for assimilate
əˈsɪm əˌleɪt; -lɪt, -ˌleɪtas·sim·i·late

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take inverb

   take up mentally

   "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"

2. assimilateverb

   become similar to one's environment

   "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"

3. assimilateverb

   make similar

   "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"

4. assimilate, imbibeverb

   take (gas, light or heat) into a solution

5. assimilateverb

   become similar in sound

   "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. assimilateverb

   To incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.

2. assimilateverb

   To incorporate or absorb knowledge into the mind.

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

3. assimilateverb

   To absorb a group of people into a community.

4. assimilateverb

   To compare something to another similar one.

5. Etymology: From assimulatus, perfect passive participle of assimulo, from ad + simulo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To ASSIMILATEverb

   Etymology: assimilo, Lat.

   1. To convert to the same nature with another thing.

   Birds assimilate less, and excern more, than beasts; for their excrements are ever liquid, and their flesh generally more dry. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   Birds be commonly better meat than beasts, because their flesh doth assimilate more finely, and secerneth more subtely. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist. №. 680.

   Tasting concoct, digest, assimilate,
   And corporeal to incorporeal turn. John Milton, Parad. Lost.

   Hence also animals and vegetables may assimilate their nourishment; moist nourishment easily changing its texture, till it becomes like the dense earth. Newton.

   2. To bring to a likeness, or resemblance.

   A ferine and necessitous kind of life would easily assimilate at least the next generation to barbarism and ferineness. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

   They are not over patient of mixture; but such, whom they cannot assimilate, soon find it their interest to remove. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assimilate

   Assimilate is a 2019 American science fiction horror film directed by John Murlowski and starring Joel Courtney, Andi Matichak and Calum Worthy also with Mason McNulty and Cam Gigandet. It is a loose and unofficial adaptation of Jack Finney's 1954 novel The Body Snatchers.

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1. assimilate

   Assimilate refers to the process of understanding information, experiences, or ideas and absorbing or incorporating them into one's knowledge, belief, behavior or culture. It can also refer to a group or individual's adaptation or merging into a wider society or culture. Additionally, it refers to the biological process of an organism to absorb and convert nourishment (food) into living tissue.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assimilateverb

   to bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between

2. Assimilateverb

   to liken; to compa/e

3. Assimilateverb

   to appropriate and transform or incorporate into the substance of the assimilating body; to absorb or appropriate, as nourishment; as, food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue

4. Assimilateverb

   to become similar or like something else

5. Assimilateverb

   to change and appropriate nourishment so as to make it a part of the substance of the assimilating body

6. Assimilateverb

   to be converted into the substance of the assimilating body; to become incorporated; as, some kinds of food assimilate more readily than others

7. Etymology: [L. assimilatus, p. p. of assimilare; ad + similare to make like, similis like. See Similar, Assemble, Assimilate.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Assimilate

   as-sim′il-āt, v.t. to make similar or like to: to convert into a like substance, as food in our bodies (with to, with).—v.i. to become like, or to be incorporated in.—n. Assim′ilability (Coleridge).—adj. Assim′ilable.—n. Assimilā′tion.—adj. Assim′ilātive, having the power or tendency to assimilate. [L. assimilāre, -ātum—ad, to, similis, like.]

Matched Categories

1. • Absorb
   • Adjust
   • Change
   • Phonetics

How to pronounce assimilate?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of assimilate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of assimilate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of assimilate in a Sentence

1. Roddy Quin:

   He showed us what it was to assimilate to and embrace other cultures without losing your identity, an anthropologist that used his music to speak to every person. With his unique style of music he traversed cultural barriers like few others. In many of us he awakened awareness.

2. John Kelly:

   Let me step back and tell you that the vast majority of the people that move illegally into United States are not bad people. They're not criminals. They're not MS13, but they're also not people that would easily assimilate into United States into our modern society.

3. Ed Rothbauer:

   It did make me feel really good, and I think the probiotics helped me assimilate nutrients and helped me heal.

4. Tan Libin:

   We hope to quickly assimilate into the local market through in-depth cooperation with local Japanese companies.

5. Chaim Fishman:

   I was getting into trouble for asking questions, we don’t talk with anyone; we believe once we start talking to other people, we will assimilate to their ways and lose our traditions. It’s heresy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=assimilate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Assimilate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=assimilate
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilate
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assimilate
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=assimilate