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Definition of assimilating : of Assimilate

Synonyms:

absorptive, absorbent, assimilatory, assimilative

gleaning, studying, absorbing, grasping, learning, digesting, understanding, discovering, realizing, mastering, reading, comprehending

eating, acquiring, ingesting, gulping, admitting, accessing, inspiring, gobbling, pocketing, receiving, swallowing, taking, devouring, getting, engorging, accepting, inhaling

Usage examples:

• Another difficulty is that their previous educational equipment varies widely, and some are not capable of assimilating even the specialized bit of trade knowledge they need without a preliminary course in arithmetic. - "Wage Earning and Education", R. R. Lutz.
• As a medical doctor, I do not think them capable of assimilating such rapid change and I fear for their mental health." - "Black Man's Burden", Dallas McCord Reynolds.
• He is in favour of assimilating all that is good in Western culture, but by no means a slavish admirer of our ways. - "The Problem of China", Bertrand Russell.