C2verb · transitive · rare

assimilate

assimilate · assimilates · assimilated · assimilating

засвоїти, засвоювати, асимілювати, асимілюватися

усвоить, усваивать, ассимилировать

assimilieren

To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestionTo incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

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/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

» Tom had trouble assimilating.

Meaning

8 senses

(transitive)To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.
усва́иватьusváivatʹ, усво́итьusvóitʹ
асимілюва́тиasymiljuváty, асимільо́вуватиasymilʹóvuvaty, засво́юватиzasvójuvaty
(transitive)To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.
засво́юватиzasvójuvaty, засво́їтиzasvójity
(transitive)To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.
assimilieren
ассимили́роватьassimilírovatʹ
асимілюва́тиasymiljuváty, асимільо́вуватиasymilʹóvuvaty
(rare, transitive)To liken, compare to something similar.
уподі́бнюватиupodíbnjuvaty, уподі́бнитиupodíbnyty
make similar
(transitive)To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
March 13, 1866, John Bright, The reform bill on the motion for leave to bring in the bill to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland
уподі́бнюватиupodíbnjuvaty, уподі́бнитиupodíbnyty
(intransitive)To become similar.
асимілюва́тисяasymiljuvátysja
become similar to one's environment
(intransitive)To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
асимілюва́тисяasymiljuvátysja
(ambitransitive)To undergo phonetic assimilation.

Examples

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Tom had trouble assimilating.
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Tom has assimilated.
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You must assimilate into new surroundings.
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He assimilated what he was taught.
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They did not assimilate with the natives.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion:

to compare something to another similar one:

to become similar:

Русский

By meaning 2

to incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion:

to absorb a group of people into a community:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to absorb a group of people into a community:

Origin

First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; Middle English assimilaten (“

First attested in the early 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; Middle English assimilaten (“to become similar; to make like”), from assimilat(e) (“assimilated”, also used as the past participal of assimilaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Late Latin assimilātus, variant of Latin assimulātus (“made similar, imitated”), perfect passive participle of assimulō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from ad + simulō (“to imitate, copy”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assemble.

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