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assimilating   (TTS Sound)

The verb assimilate has 5 senses

• absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in -- (take up mentally; "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe")


• assimilate -- (become similar to one's environment; "Immigrants often want to assimilate quickly")


• assimilate -- (make similar; "This country assimilates immigrants very quickly")


• assimilate, imbibe -- (take (gas, light or heat) into a solution)


• assimilate -- (become similar in sound; "The nasal assimilates to the following consonant")

The adj assimilating has 1 sense

• assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory -- (capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; "an assimilative substance)