Meaning Of The Word Assimilate

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Assimilate Meaning

Assimilate Definition
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What's The Definition Of Assimilate?

assimilate
verb: When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.

assimilate in American English
to become like or alike
to change (food) into a form that can be taken up by, and made part of, the body tissues; absorb into the body
intransitive verb: to be or become absorbed
noun: something that is assimilated
transitive verb: to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb

assimilate in British English
verb: to learn (information, a procedure, etc) and understand it thoroughly

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