Definitions for assimilate

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assimilate as·sim·i·late

Spelling: [verb uh-sim-uh-leyt; noun

IPA: /verb əˈsɪm əˌleɪt; noun əˈsɪm ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt/

Assimilate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 570 anagrams from letters in assimilate (aaeiilmsst).

Definitions for assimilate

noun

1. something that is assimilated.

verb (used with object)

1. to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb:
2. to bring into conformity with the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like; adapt or adjust:
3. Physiology. to convert (food) to substances suitable for incorporation into the body and its tissues.
4. to cause to resemble (usually followed by to or with).
5. to compare; liken (usually followed by to or with).
6. Phonetics. to modify by assimilation.

verb (used without object)

1. to be or become absorbed.
2. to conform or adjust to the customs, attitudes, etc., of a group, nation, or the like:
3. Physiology. (of food) to be converted into the substance of the body; be absorbed into the system.
4. to bear a resemblance (usually followed by to or with).
5. Phonetics. to become modified by assimilation.

Origin of assimilate

1570-80; Latin assimilātus likened to, made like (past participle of assimilāre), equivalent to as- as- + simil- (see Examples for assimilate

Again there was an electric silence, and Beardsley let it assimilate.

What sense would there be in attempting to assimilate our several needs?

Americanah By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A woman struggles to assimilate in Nigeria after living in the U.S. for 13 years.

There was more to be got if we had the wit to assimilate it.

He thought for himself, and yet he could assimilate the ideas of other men.

The 21 percent of students whose parents are immigrants will have less of a chance to assimilate.

They had worried about being able to assimilate into a culture so different from the one they had left behind.

Their stories were told again and again in an attempt to assimilate the tragedy, to comprehend the incomprehensible.

Our bodies have a tendency to assimilate to the cognitive enhancements of tea, which can eventually lead to addiction.

He gives what His hearers might be assumed to be able to assimilate; but that is all.