How to pronounce assimilate
American English pronunciation
uh-SIM-uh-layt
- IPA
- /əˈsɪməˌleɪt/
- Syllables
- uh · SIM · uh · layt (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What assimilate means
To take in new ideas or facts and fully understand them
In a sentence: It took Ben a week to assimilate all the rules of the new board game.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin verb meaning "to make alike," from similis, meaning like. It has been in English since the early 1400s.
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