assimilate
[verb]
Synonyms:
- learn, absorb, digest, incorporate, take in
- adjust, adapt, blend in, mingle

---

Related Words: imbue, infuse, ingrain, inoculate, leaven, suffuse, adopt, embrace, espouse, corner, engross, monopolize

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

as‧sim‧i‧late /əˈsɪməleɪt, əˈsɪmɪleɪt/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Medieval Latin; Origin: past participle of assimilare, from Latin assimulare 'to make similar', from ad- 'to' + simulare ( ⇒ simulate)]

1. [transitive] to completely understand and begin to use new ideas, information etc Synonym : absorb:
It will take time to assimilate all these facts.

2. [intransitive and transitive] if people assimilate, or are assimilated into a country or group, they become part of that group and are accepted by the people in that group
assimilate into
Refugees find it difficult to become assimilated into the community.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

assimilate
verb
I. learn/understand
ADV. easily, quickly, readily Children assimilate new information very quickly.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

assimilate
II. become/make sb part of sth
ADV. fully Many new immigrants have not yet assimilated fully into the new culture.
PREP. into

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲