SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
assimilate
verb
To absorb new information or incorporate something into a larger whole.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Absorb information
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Usage distinction
Return to topDigest and internalize emphasize making sense of information rather than merely encountering it.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See assimilate in use
She needed time to assimilate the information from the workshop.
The following week, Mira found the atmosphere more congenial because people greeted one another and made room for questions. Her inquisitive tablemate wanted to understand why the instructor used one folding sequence rather than another. Mira listened, examined both examples, and tried to assimilate the explanation into what she already knew.
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