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How to pronounce assimilate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms absorb, ingest, take in
Type of acquire, larn, learn
Has types imbibe
Derivation assimilation, assimilator
Type Words
Synonyms imbibe
Type of absorb
Derivation assimilation, assimilative, assimilatory
Type Words
Type of change
Derivation assimilation


The nasal assimilates to the following consonant.
Type Words
Type of conform, adapt, adjust
Has types acculturate
Derivation assimilation


Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly.
Type Words
Type of modify, alter, change
Derivation assimilation


This country assimilates immigrants very quickly.

Examples of assimilate

assimilate
You kind of think to yourself, oh, I really hope that I can learn to assimilate.
From the time.com
They'd assimilate easily into Silicon Valley, except they'd have to dress worse.
From the usatoday.com
I am sure that you will appreciate that all communities take time to assimilate.
From the economist.com
Why not make a more concerted and grateful effort as an immigrant do assimilate?
From the economist.com
I saw this as a rebuilding season, with it taking time to assimilate and improve.
From the thenewstribune.com
When the Chinese try and force assimilate Tibet, it is rightly called genocide.
From the economist.com
They can find it difficult to communicate or to assimilate and explain new ideas.
From the en.wikipedia.org
All religions assimilate and change, even as they claim to hew to the old truths.
From the nytimes.com
Why is it that people cannot peruse and assimilate opinons and not be provoked.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • Absorb: take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
  • Become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
  • Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
  • Become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
  • (assimilation) the state of being assimilated; people of different backgrounds come to see themselves as part of a larger national family
  • (assimilation) the social process of absorbing one cultural group into harmony with another
  • (Assimilation (biology)) Biological assimilation, or bioassimilation, involves one of two different processes to supply animal cells with nutrients. The first is the process of absorbing vitamins, minerals, and other chemicals from food within the gastrointestinal tract. ...
  • (Assimilation (French colonial)) Assimilation was one ideological basis of French colonial policy in the 19th and 20th centuries. In contrast with British imperial policy, the French taught their subjects that, by adopting French language and culture, they could eventually become French. ...
  • (Assimilation (meteorology)) In Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) systems, data assimilation is the process of objectively adapting the model state to observations in a statistically optimal way taking into account model and observation errors. ...