(~s, assimilating, ~d)
1.
When people such as immigrants ~ into a community or when that community ~s them, they become an accepted part of it.
There is every sign that new Asian-Americans are just as willing to ~...
His family tried to ~ into the white and Hispanic communities...
The Vietnamese are trying to ~ themselves and become Americans...
= integrate
VERB: V, V into/with n, V pron-refl
assimilation
They promote social integration and assimilation of minority ethnic groups into the culture.
= integration
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
2.
If you ~ new ideas, techniques, or information, you learn them or adopt them.
I was speechless, still trying to ~ the enormity of what he’d told me.
= absorb
VERB: V n
assimilation
This technique brings life to instruction and eases assimilation of knowledge.
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n