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present participle of assimilate
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1
to describe as similar
- assimilated the 19th-century American captains of industry and commerce to the medieval barons who exorbitantly taxed shipping along the Rhine
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2
to have a clear idea of
- still trying to assimilate the doctor's diagnosis of my heart condition
Synonyms for assimilating
- appreciating,
- apprehending,
- beholding,
- catching,
- catching on (to),
- cognizing,
- compassing,
- comprehending,
- conceiving,
- cottoning (to or on to),
- deciphering,
- decoding,
- digging,
- discerning,
- getting,
- grasping,
- grokking,
- intuiting,
- knowing,
- making,
- making out,
- perceiving,
- recognizing,
- registering,
- savvying,
- seeing,
- seizing,
- sensing,
- tumbling (to),
- twigging,
- understanding
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3
to make a part of a body or system
- social workers will need time to assimilate the new arrivals into the community
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