assimilate

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verb

1. take up mentally (Freq. 2)
- he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
• Syn:
absorb, ingest, take in
• Derivationally related forms:
assimilation, assimilator, absorption (for: absorb)
• Hypernyms:
learn, larn, acquire
• Hyponyms:
imbibe
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. become similar to one's environment (Freq. 2)
- Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly
• Ant:
dissimilate
• Derivationally related forms:
assimilation
• Hypernyms:
adjust, conform, adapt
• Hyponyms:
acculturate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Something ----s to somebody
- Somebody ----s PP
3. make similar (Freq. 1)
- This country assimilates immigrants very quickly
• Ant:
dissimilate
• Derivationally related forms:
assimilation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
• Syn:
imbibe
• Derivationally related forms:
imbibition (for: imbibe), assimilative, assimilatory, assimilation
• Hypernyms:
absorb
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
5. become similar in sound
- The nasal assimilates to the following consonant
• Ant:
dissimilate
• Derivationally related forms:
assimilation
• Topics:
phonetics
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  imbibe, absorb, ingest, take in