assimilate

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
2. (transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
3. (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
4. (rare, transitive) To liken, compare to something similar.
5. (transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
6. (intransitive) To become similar.
7. (intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

Adj

1. (obsolete) Assimilated.
2. (obsolete) Similar, like, the same as.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Something that is or has been assimilated.
2. (obsolete) Something that is like, similar to another.

Synonyms

absorb

adapt

adjust

ingest

take in

digest

merge

incorporate

imbibe

combine

unite

connect

unify

integrate

perceive

co-opt

permeability

associate

arrange

coalesce

apprehend

annex

bridge

embrace

bring together

close

bond

colligate

amalgamation

comfit

accommodate

blend in

bind

agree

attune

assume

agglutinate

accustom

conjoin

consociate

consolidate

convince

conform to

couple

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couple on

defer

conform

concord

engulf

assimilation

Translations

assimiler

asimilar

assimilar

assimilar

assimilare

αφομοιώνω

assimilieren

assimileren

aufnehmen

anpassen

angleichen

verarbeiten

absorber

assorbire

fagocitare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

Etymology

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.