to assimilate
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6.1
- verb
- /əˈsɪməˌleɪt/
:
integrarse en
- But they made it clear that night... that they desperately wanted to assimilate with us.
- assimilate into a culture
- to assimilate immigrants
- to assimilate people
And history will show you that if people don't assimilate, the culture collapses.
- And history will show you that if people don't assimilate, the culture collapses.
- In the United States and the United Kingdom, women were included, assimilated, accepted.
- So once that our decision came down, how was it for you to assimilate back into normal life?
- And they then challenge the system against the fact that they had to assimilate, right.
- And we were having great difficulty assimilating them into the value system of the host societies.
- So, you know, I think that when you when you create an expectation that immigrants assimilate, that is making a big demand.
- I don't get to assimilate into anything other than the Black experience.
- Just respect your history, but at the same time assimilate and learn and try to be part of this great nation.
- Obviously our hair is very different from other races and we go to great lengths to assimilate.
- You know, whether it's Lando assimilating into elementary school and now moving on to middle school.
- The newcomer was expected to fit in, to assimilate, and we would do everything to assist that post Roads must fall.
- It's like there it's hard for people to assimilate.
- But, you know, they, they assimilated.
- It's not just that foreigners cannot assimilate into a community, but they also have a tendency to dive very soon.
Examples
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We are offering to perfect your English in order to assimilate better into so...
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I told them if they wanted to pass, they'd have to successfully assimilate into the American college environment.
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So once that our decision came down, how was it for you to assimilate back into normal life?
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And they then challenge the system against the fact that they had to assimilate, right.
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Just respect your history, but at the same time assimilate and learn and try to be part of this great nation.
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And the right to assimilate into the country I love!
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We're supposed to assimilate, remember?
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And we were having great difficulty assimilating them into the value system of the host societies.
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There they would find wage labor employment as unskilled workers and assimilate into the larger urban society.
Academic text (2008) -
To truly feel like a part of the community, he needed to assimilate by participating in local traditions and customs.
Synonyms
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3.0
Be part of a group and feel accepted by others
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4.1
To become part of a larger group and take part in its life
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3.7
Be similar to people or things around you so you are not noticed
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8.1
To live like local people when you are in another country
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8.2
Learn and use the customs and ways of another group
Antonyms
How Assimilated
Surface Forms
Etymology
Assimilate comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and similis 'like', and you can see the same idea in the word similar. So when people 'assimilate' into a new country, they slowly become more 'like' the local group by learning its customs and ways.