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# assimilate

verb (assimilate, assimilates, assimilated, assimilating)

«assimilate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To take in and understand new information fully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#m1)
2. To become part of a new group or country, taking on its ways (or to make someone do so). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#m2)
3. (science) To take in food or nutrients and make them part of the body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#m3)
4. To sort or group things, such as stories, by putting them into a type or class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#m4)

### In the lessons

In history and civics, immigrants assimilate (sometimes by choice, sometimes forced, which is often unfair); in science, plants assimilate carbon; in learning, you assimilate facts. Phrases: «assimilate into», «assimilate information».

### Examples

- It takes time to assimilate so many new facts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#x1)
- The family assimilated into life in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#x2)
- Plants assimilate carbon dioxide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#x3)
- She quickly assimilated the rules of cricket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#x4)
- Forcing people to assimilate can harm their culture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#x5)
- The body assimilates vitamins from food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/#x6)

### Note

Noun: assimilation. Double s. In history, forced assimilation (for example of Indigenous children) is a serious wrong.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «assimilate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/assimilate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«assimilate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/assimilate.html) on Mova free.