verb🔗ShareTo incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion."Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue."physiologybodybiologybiochemistryChat 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."culturesocietygrouphumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo compare to something similar."The child assimilates the new math concept to a game he already knows, making it easier to understand. "languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between."The baby bird assimilates its parents' calls, eventually sounding just like them. "culturesocietyprocessactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo become similar."When immigrants move to a new country, their culture often assimilates to the local culture over time. "culturesocietyorganizationgroupnationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo be incorporated or absorbed into something."A new student quickly assimilates into the classroom by making friends and learning the rules. "culturesocietygroupprocessorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading