assimilate

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈsɪm.ɪ.leɪt/

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

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After the meal, the small intestine must assimilate the nutrients efficiently so the body can restore energy and repair tissues.

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意味（1）

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

Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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意味（6）

(intransitive) To become similar.

意味（7）

(intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.

assimilates （ present singular third-person ）

assimilating （ participle present ）

assimilated （ participle past ）

assimilated （ past ）