Another example, in a slightly less obvious fashion, is assimilate. When used as a technical word to describe a certain process of language change, assimilate refers to the habit that some …

ASSIMILATE definition: 1. to become part of a group, country, society, etc., or to make someone or something become part…. Learn more.

ASSIMILATE definition: to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb. See examples of assimilate used in a sentence.

Definition of assimilate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

If you assimilate new ideas, techniques, or information, you learn them or adopt them. I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me. [VERB noun]

assimilate (əˈsɪmɪˌleɪt) vb 1. (tr) to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly

[no object] (of a person from a different background) to adjust (oneself) to the dominant cultural group or national culture: The immigrants assimilated rapidly.

Imported from Latin, assimilate has the word similar within it and in fact, means "to become like something else." If someone moves to another country, he or she will need to assimilate by …

ASSIMILATE meaning: 1 : to learn (something) so that it is fully understood and can be used; 2 : to cause (a person or group) to become part of a different society, country, etc.

Dec 14, 2025 · assimilate (comparative more assimilate, superlative most assimilate) (obsolete) (as a participle) Assimilated. Similar, like, the same as.