verb🔗ShareTo incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion."Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue."physiologybiologymedicinebiochemistryanatomyprocessbodyfoodorganismChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind."The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said."mindeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo 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."culturesocietygroupnationraceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo compare to something similar."The new student quickly assimilated the class rules by comparing them to the rules of his previous school. "languagecommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between."After living in Italy for five years, Maria had assimilated many Italian customs and habits. "culturesocietygroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become similar."After moving to Canada, Maria gradually assimilated into the local culture by learning the language and adopting new customs. "culturesocietyhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be incorporated or absorbed into something."After moving to a new country, the student quickly assimilated the local customs and language. "culturesocietygroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading