(assimilates, assimilating, assimilated)
1.
When people such as immigrants assimilate into a community or when that community assimilates them, they become an accepted part of it.
There is every sign that new Asian-Americans are just as willing to assimilate...
His family tried to assimilate into the white and Hispanic communities...
The Vietnamese are trying to assimilate themselves and become Americans...
= integrate
VERB: V, V into/with n, V pron-refl
• assimilation
They promote social integration and assimilation of minority ethnic groups into the culture.
= integration
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
2.
If you assimilate new ideas, techniques, or information, you learn them or adopt them.
I was speechless, still trying to assimilate the enormity of what he'd told me.
= absorb
VERB: V n
• assimilation
This technique brings life to instruction and eases assimilation of knowledge.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n