assimilate

Verb
  1. Take up mentally (synset 200603650)
    "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
    is a type of: acquire, larn, learn - gain knowledge or skills
    subtypes: imbibe - receive into the mind and retain
    same as: absorb, ingest, take in
  2. Become similar to one's environment (synset 200159450)
    "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly"
    is a type of: adapt, adjust, conform - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
    subtypes: acculturate - assimilate culturally
  3. Make similar (synset 200160069)
    "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  4. Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution (synset 201542830)
    is a type of: absorb - become imbued
    same as: imbibe
  5. Become similar in sound (synset 200160255)
    "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant"
    referred to in: phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

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