English Dictionary

assimilate

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

verb

(transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. / (transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

It takes time to assimilate into a new culture.

意味（1）

(transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

意味（2）

(transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.

The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.

意味（3）

(transitive) To 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.

意味（4）

(transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.

The use of an animal to kill, wound or threaten is assimilated to the use of a weapon.

意味（5）

(transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

to assimilate our law in respect to the law of Scotland

意味（6）

(intransitive) To become similar.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.