English-Dutch translations for assimilate

• assimileren
  Het is ongeoorloofd om honderdduizenden mensen te verdrijven of te assimileren, we moeten hun EU-rechten verschaffen. It is impossible either to deport or to assimilate several hundred thousand people, and so they must be given their EU rights.
  De uitbreidingen vereisen in feite dat de Unie ze kan assimileren en goed kan blijven functioneren. In fact, enlargements demand that the Union be able to assimilate them and continue to function properly.
  Veel landen volgen nog steeds het ouderwets Frans model en proberen de mensen met een andere taal en cultuur dan die van de staat, te assimileren. Many states are still following the old-fashioned French model and trying to assimilate those who have a language and culture different to that of the state.
• integreren
• vergelijken

Definition of assimilate

• To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion
• To incorporate or absorb into the mind
• To absorb into a community or culture
• To compare to something similar.
• To become similar
• Something that is or has been assimilated

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.

Related words

• assimilation
• assimilative
• assimilatory
• assimilationist
• unassimilated
• assimilationism
• disassimilation
• antiassimilationist
• unassimilatable