| VERB | cognition | assimilate, absorb, ingest, take in | take up mentally |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | assimilate | become similar to one's environment | |
| change | assimilate | make similar | |
| contact | assimilate, imbibe | take (gas, light or heat) into a solution | |
| change | assimilate | become similar in sound |
| Sounds | ahsih'mahley.t | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | |
| Meaning | take up mentally. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | absorb, ingest, take in | |
| Narrower | imbibe | Receive into the mind and retain |
| Broader | learn, larn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills |
| Spanish | absorber, asimilar, digerir, empapar | |
| Catalan | assimilar | |
| Nouns | assimilation | in the theories of Jean Piaget |
| assimilation | the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure | |
| assimilator | someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs | |
| Meaning | Become similar to one's environment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something ----s to somebody; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly" | |
| Narrower | acculturate | assimilate culturally |
| Broader | adjust, conform, adapt | adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions |
| Opposite | dissimilate | Become dissimilar / dissimilar or less similar |
| Spanish | asimilarse | |
| Catalan | assimilar-se, assimilar | |
| Nouns | assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural / cultural group into harmony with another |
| assimilation | the state of being assimilated | |
| Meaning | make similar. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly" | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | dissimilate | make dissimilar / dissimilar |
| Spanish | asimilar | |
| Catalan | assimilar | |
| Nouns | assimilation | the social process of absorbing one cultural / cultural group into harmony with another |
| assimilation | the state of being assimilated | |
| Meaning | Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | imbibe | |
| Broader | absorb | Become imbued |
| Spanish | embeber | |
| Adjectives | assimilative, assimilatory | capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution |
| Nouns | assimilation | the process of absorbing nutrients into the body after digestion |
| Meaning | Become similar in sound. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant" | |
| Category | phonetics | The branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | dissimilate | Become dissimilar / dissimilar by changing the sound qualities |
| Spanish | asimilar | |
| Catalan | assimilar | |
| Nouns | assimilation | a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound |
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