acculturate
verb /əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/
/əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they acculturate | /əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/ /əˈkʌltʃəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it acculturates | /əˈkʌltʃəreɪts/ /əˈkʌltʃəreɪts/ |
| past simple acculturated | /əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ /əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle acculturated | /əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ /əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form acculturating | /əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪŋ/ /əˈkʌltʃəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- acculturate (somebody) (to something) to learn to live successfully in a different culture; to help somebody to do this
- people who have acculturated to the United States
- The course is designed to acculturate new staff.
Word Origin1930s: from ac- + culture + -ate. The noun acculturation dates from the late 19th cent.