acculturate

ac·cul·tur·ate

A0046000 (ə-kŭl′chə-rāt′)v. ac·cul·tur·at·ed, ac·cul·tur·at·ing, ac·cul·tur·ates v.tr. To cause (a society, for example) to change by the process of acculturation.v.intr. To change or be modified by acculturation.

acculturate

(əˈkʌltʃəˌreɪt) vb (Anthropology & Ethnology) (of a cultural or social group) to assimilate the cultural traits of another group[C20: from ad- + culture + -ate¹] acˌculturˈation n acˌculturˈational adj acˈculturative adj

ac•cul•tur•ate

(əˈkʌl tʃəˌreɪt)

v.t., v.i. -at•ed, -at•ing. to alter by acculturation. [1930–35] ac•cul′tur•a`tive, adj.

acculturate

Past participle: acculturated
Gerund: acculturating

Imperative
acculturate
acculturate

Present
I acculturate
you acculturate
he/she/it acculturates
we acculturate
you acculturate
they acculturate

Preterite
I acculturated
you acculturated
he/she/it acculturated
we acculturated
you acculturated
they acculturated

Present Continuous
I am acculturating
you are acculturating
he/she/it is acculturating
we are acculturating
you are acculturating
they are acculturating

Present Perfect
I have acculturated
you have acculturated
he/she/it has acculturated
we have acculturated
you have acculturated
they have acculturated

Past Continuous
I was acculturating
you were acculturating
he/she/it was acculturating
we were acculturating
you were acculturating
they were acculturating

Past Perfect
I had acculturated
you had acculturated
he/she/it had acculturated
we had acculturated
you had acculturated
they had acculturated

Future
I will acculturate
you will acculturate
he/she/it will acculturate
we will acculturate
you will acculturate
they will acculturate

Future Perfect
I will have acculturated
you will have acculturated
he/she/it will have acculturated
we will have acculturated
you will have acculturated
they will have acculturated

Future Continuous
I will be acculturating
you will be acculturating
he/she/it will be acculturating
we will be acculturating
you will be acculturating
they will be acculturating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been acculturating
you have been acculturating
he/she/it has been acculturating
we have been acculturating
you have been acculturating
they have been acculturating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been acculturating
you will have been acculturating
he/she/it will have been acculturating
we will have been acculturating
you will have been acculturating
they will have been acculturating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been acculturating
you had been acculturating
he/she/it had been acculturating
we had been acculturating
you had been acculturating
they had been acculturating

Conditional
I would acculturate
you would acculturate
he/she/it would acculturate
we would acculturate
you would acculturate
they would acculturate

Past Conditional
I would have acculturated
you would have acculturated
he/she/it would have acculturated
we would have acculturated
you would have acculturated
they would have acculturated

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

acculturate - assimilate culturally assimilate - become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"detribalise, detribalize - cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity

acculturate

verbTo fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners:civilize, humanize, socialize.

Translations

acculturare