assimilates
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assimilated, past participle; assimilates, 3rd person singular present; assimilating, present participle; assimilated, past tense;
/əˈsiməˌlāt/,
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assimilated, past participle; assimilates, 3rd person singular present; assimilating, present participle; assimilated, past tense;
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Take in (information, ideas, or culture) and understand fully
- - Marie tried to assimilate the week's events
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Absorb and integrate (people, ideas, or culture) into a wider society or culture
- - pop trends are assimilated into the mainstream with alarming speed
- - the converts were assimilated into the society of their conquerors
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Absorb or integrate and use for one's own benefit
- - the music business assimilated whatever aspects of punk it could turn into profit
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(of the body or any biological system) Absorb and digest (food or nutrients)
- - the sugars in the fruit are readily assimilated by the body
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Cause (something) to resemble; liken
- - philosophers had assimilated thought to perception
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Come to resemble
- - the churches assimilated to a certain cultural norm
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Make (a sound) more like another in the same or next word