| assimilate | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in | take up mentally.; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe" |
| ~ larn, learn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills.; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" |
| ~ imbibe | receive into the mind and retain.; "Imbibe ethical principles" |
| v. (change) | 2. assimilate | become similar to one's environment.; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" |
| ~ adapt, conform, adjust | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions.; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" |
| ~ acculturate | assimilate culturally. |
| v. (change) | 3. assimilate | make similar.; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (contact) | 4. assimilate, imbibe | take (gas, light or heat) into a solution. |
| ~ absorb | become imbued.; "The liquids, light, and gases absorb" |
| v. (change) | 5. assimilate | become similar in sound.; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant" |
| ~ phonetics | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
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