Meaning & use
assimilation
The process by which a person or group adopts the customs, language, or attitudes of a surrounding culture.
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The school offered language classes to ease the assimilation of newly arrived students.
Researchers study how quickly nutrients undergo assimilation into the bloodstream after a meal.
A note on using this word
Assimilation most often describes cultural adaptation into a new society, but also has a biological sense of the body absorbing nutrients.
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