assimilateverb [ I or T ]
uk/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/us/əˈsɪm.ə.leɪt/assimilate verb [ I or T ] (JOIN)
to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part of a group, country, society, etc.:
The European Union should remain flexible enough to assimilate more countries quickly.
You shouldn't expect immigrants to assimilate into an alien culture immediately.
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Including and containing
- (right) down to idiom
- build sth in/into sth
- built-in
- cast
- cast your net wide idiom
- catholic
- concerned
- factor
- factor sth in
- figure
- forget
- inbuilt
- incl
- include
- pack
- package
- rich
- subsume
- throw sth in
- wide-ranging
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assimilate verb [ I or T ] (LEARN)
to understand and remember new information and make it part of your basic knowledge so that you can use it as your own:
It's hard to assimilate so much information.
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Learning & knowing
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- cut your political, professional, etc. teeth idiom
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- know which side your bread is buttered (on) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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assimilate verb [ I or T ] (ABSORB)
to absorb food or a substance into the tissue of a living organism:
In this form vitamins can be easily assimilated by the body.
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Animal & plant biology - general words
- abiotic
- anatomical
- anatomically correct
- anatomy
- artificial selection
- assimilation
- biological
- biologist
- biophysics
- biotechnology
- body clock
- entomology
- food web
- geotropism
- motility
- naturalist
- poikilothermic
- primary producer
- sting
- zoology
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assimilable
adjective uk/əˈsɪm.ɪ.lə.bəl/us/əˈsɪm.ə.lə.bəl/
A textbook needs to be assimilable (= able to be understood) to sell a lot of copies.