assimilating Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb take up mentally
    assimilate; absorb; take in; ingest.
    • he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
  2. verb become similar to one's environment
    assimilate.
    • Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly
  3. verb make similar
    assimilate.
    • This country assimilates immigrants very quickly
  4. verb take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
    assimilate; imbibe.
  5. verb become similar in sound
    assimilate.
    • The nasal assimilates to the following consonant
  6. adjective satellite capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution
    assimilatory; assimilative.
    • an assimilative substance

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