assimilate
verb (used with object)
to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
assimilated
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past participleof assimilate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof assimilate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
assimilateverb (used with object)to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb.
Example Sentences
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The current study shows that those who have assimilated more positive age beliefs often show improvement, Levy said.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
But immigrants from Ireland, Italy, Latin America, India and Eastern Europe and their more assimilated children won’t have any problems relating to the generational conflicts at the heart of this gentle comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Electricity eventually assimilated into the economy and our consciousness, outlets everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Just as his own immigrant forebears assimilated and their children were average, upwardly mobile, all-American citizens, so too are the more recent immigrants.
From Salon ● Dec. 27, 2025
And then we watched “Family,” which is the episode where Captain Picard goes home to France to visit his family and recover from being assimilated by the Borg.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
