assimilate
part of speech
verb (assimilate, assimilates, assimilated, assimilating)
meaning for a pupil
1) To take in and understand new information fully. tree →
2) To become part of a new group or country, taking on its ways (or to make someone do so). tree →
3) (science) To take in food or nutrients and make them part of the body. tree →
4) To sort or group things, such as stories, by putting them into a type or class. tree →
sense 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 →
- The family assimilated into life in Canada. tree →
- Plants assimilate carbon dioxide. tree →
- She quickly assimilated the rules of cricket. tree →
- Forcing people to assimilate can harm their culture. tree →
- The body assimilates vitamins from food. tree →
note
Noun: assimilation. Double s. In history, forced assimilation (for example of Indigenous children) is a serious wrong.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «assimilate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.