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assimilating

The correct spelling is assimilating.

How to pronounce assimilating

verb

Say it like: Ass-imi-lat-ing

The correct spelling is assimilating. To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion. For example: "Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue."

Usage Examples

Food is assimilated and converted into organic tissue.

The teacher paused in her lecture to allow the students to assimilate what she had said.

The aliens in the science-fiction film wanted to assimilate human beings into their own race.

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
  2. 2.To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
  3. 3.To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
  4. 4.To compare to something similar.
  5. 5.To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.

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