verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
child
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The child would then assimilate this object into its already formed concept of table, with no further consequence.
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The development of cognitive structures is ensured only if the child assimilates and accommodates stimuli in the environment.
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As a child assimilates and accommodates, all of his or her schemata are elaborated.
information
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You must continually assimilate new information into the context of your earlier knowledge.
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Each day when he had assimilated all the information , he sent it on to Trepassey.
■ VERB
try
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Once accommodation has taken place, a child can try again to assimilate the stimulus.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Brubeck began to assimilate classical influences into his jazz performances.
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The person we are looking for must be flexible, creative, and able to assimilate new ideas.
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When a child is learning something new, they try to assimilate it in terms of what they already know.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An organism assimilates another organism when it makes the latter into something like itself, as food into the body.
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As a child assimilates and accommodates, all of his or her schemata are elaborated.
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But whatever they assimilated from other cultures and traditions, they applied in a specifically Judaic context.
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Rather than oppose it, they shrewdly assimilated the stories into the folklore of Christmas and Saint Nicholas.
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The result is usually lucid and easy to assimilate .
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Those Illyrians who did not assimilate probably moved to the less hospitable mountainous areas, but little is known of their fate.
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Thus, during this period, the infant assimilates all stimuli through the reflex systems.
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What appears to be contrary can always be assimilated as evidence of repression, or as a defence mechanism.