Assimilate

Quick meaning: Assimilate is a verb meaning (transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
2. (transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
3. (transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.
4. (transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
5. (intransitive) To become similar.
6. (intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
7. (as a participle) Assimilated.

Example Sentences

His mind had no power to assimilate the lessons.

Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

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

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

Word Forms

• assimilates
• assimilating
• assimilated

Synonyms for assimilate

Depending on context, synonyms include process, integrate, imbibe, absorb, take in, ingest.

Antonyms for assimilate

Common opposites include dissimilate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include absorb, ingest, imbibe, take in, digest, digestive.

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