Dictionary entry details
• ASSIMILATE (verb)
Meaning:
Take up mentally
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
assimilate; absorb; ingest; take in
Context example:
he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe
Hypernyms (to "assimilate" is one way to...):
acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assimilate"):
imbibe (receive into the mind and retain)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Become similar to one's environment
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly
Hypernyms (to "assimilate" is one way to...):
adapt; adjust; conform (adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "assimilate"):
acculturate (assimilate culturally)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Something ----s to somebody
Somebody ----s PP
Antonym:
dissimilate (become dissimilar or less similar)
Meaning:
Make similar
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
This country assimilates immigrants very quickly
Hypernyms (to "assimilate" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Antonym:
dissimilate (make dissimilar; cause to become less similar)
Meaning:
Take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
imbibe; assimilate
Hypernyms (to "assimilate" is one way to...):
absorb (become imbued)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Become similar in sound
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
The nasal assimilates to the following consonant
Hypernyms (to "assimilate" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Domain category:
phonetics (the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Antonym:
dissimilate (become dissimilar by changing the sound qualities)
