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to assimilate

to assimilate

4 7.7
Enter and become part of a material, as with heat or gas
  • verb
  • /əˈsɪməˌleɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : absorber
  • However, more nitrogen is generally applied to the land than can be assimilated by the vegetation.
  • assimilate nutrients

But I I think that your blood assimilates very quickly, like foreign blood.

Examples

  • The influences of Indian and Mid-Eastern music have also been assimilated through formal and modal approaches to composition and performance.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The ability of coastal waters to assimilate nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus has been the subject of intense research.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The whole system is built on being able to assimilate all that comes in.

    Blog text (1)

  • Also, the smaller size of most freshwater systems limits their ability to assimilate waste.

    Academic text (2009)

  • At once, he was assaulted with so many smells that his starving body could barely assimilate them all.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • More often, the public attention given to these disasters fades as the ocean assimilates the pollution.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Literary language, much like the fire Ponge describes in "Le Feu," nourishes itself by assimilating reality into itself.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The chemical process allows the solution to assimilate the gas quickly.

  • During the reaction, the heat is needed to help the substance assimilate the light effectively.

  • This method enables bacteria to assimilate the nutrients from their environment.

Synonyms

to integrate
vsto assimilate
179 4.1

To join things or ideas so they form one whole

refers specifically to absorption into a substance rather than social or system joining
to resolve
vsto assimilate
  • Specialized
2 7.4

To make a solid mix into a liquid so it seems to disappear

is taken into a substance and becomes part of it rather than just dissolving
incorporate
vsto assimilate
1 4.9

Joined together to make one whole

is about being taken into a material rather than simply joining parts
to solubilize
vsto assimilate
  • Specialized
7.9

To make a substance dissolve in a liquid, often by adding a chemical

involves passive uptake into a substance rather than actively causing dissolution

Antonyms

release
149 3.6

The act of letting a liquid, gas, or energy flow out

How Absorbed

to dissolve
64 2.4
to assimilate
  • Specialized
4 7.7
to absorb
217 3.0

Surface Forms

assimilate infinitive
assimilated past
assimilated past participle
assimilating present participle
assimilates third person singular

Etymology

Assimilate comes from the Latin parts ad- 'to' and similis 'like', which is the idea of similar. That is why when a plant or material 'assimilates' gas or heat, it takes it in and makes it part of itself, so the new thing becomes more 'like' the rest.