English / word
assimilate
verb C1MEANING IN ENGLISH
To absorb and integrate people, ideas, or information into a wider society, system, or culture.
In context
01
Immigrants often struggle to assimilate into a new culture.
02
Immigrants must assimilate into the local culture.
Synonyms
integrate,absorb,adapt
Antonyms
reject,isolate,segregate
Collocations
assimilate into a culture,assimilate into society,struggle to assimilate
Verb forms
Past: assimilated · Past participle: assimilated · -ing: assimilating