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Assimilating

Definition: Assimilating

Assimilating

Adjective

1. Tending to or characterized by or causing assimilation (being absorbed into or incorporated); "an assimilative pattern"; "an assimilative process".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "assimilating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references)


Synonyms: Assimilating

Synonyms: assimilative (adj), assimilatory (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Assimilating

English words defined with "assimilating": acculturation, Ad-, assimilation. (references)
Etymologies containing "assimilating": Assimilate. (references)

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Modern Usage: Assimilating

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Every story you've ever heard about vampires, werewolves, or aliens, is the system assimilating some program that's doing something they're not supposed to be doing. (The Matrix Reloaded; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Assimilating

DomainTitle

Books

  • A Network of Converso Families in Early Modern Toledo: Assimilating a Minority (History, Languages, and Cultures of the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds (reference)

  • A practical plan for assimilating the English and American money as a step towards a universal money (reference)

  • Assimilating Asians: Gendered Strategies of Authorship in Asian America (New Americanists) (reference)

  • Assimilating New Leaders : The Key to Executive Retention (reference)

  • Assimilating New Members (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Assimilating

SubjectTopicQuote

Minorities

Laos

Some international observers claim that governmental policies aimed at assimilating the Hmong into the larger society--such as regional boarding schools--are not respectful of Hmong native culture; others see this approach as an escape from centuries of poverty. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Assimilating

"Assimilating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 97.73% of the time. "Assimilating" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)97.73%4352,181
Adjective (general or positive)2.27%1339,140
                    Total100.00%44N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Assimilating

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "assimilating": re-assimilating, waste-assimilating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Assimilating

Language Translations for "assimilating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

同化 (Assimilate, Assimilated, Assimilative). (various references)

   

French

  

assimilant. (various references)

   

German

  

anpassend (accomodating, adaptational, adapting, assimilative, conforming, leveling, matching, paralleling). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

"בלע" (absorbing, insertion, inset, slurring over). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

焼き接ぎ (assimilating broken ceramics via baking). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

やきつぎ (assimilating broken ceramics via baking). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

동". (various references)

   

Manx

  

soo bee (assimilating food, assimilation). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

assimilatingay

   

Russian 

  

усваивать усваивающий. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Assimilating

Misspellings

"Assimilating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: assimilatin, assimiliating. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Assimilating"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "assimilating" (pronounced usi"mulā'ting)
6-u l ā' t i ngaccumulating, articulating, calculating, circulating, coagulating, congratulating, deregulating, emulating, encapsulating, escalating, extrapolating, formulating, insulating, isolating, manipulating, mutilating, oscillating, percolating, populating, recalculating, regulating, simulating, speculating, stimulating, stipulating, tabulating, titillating, undulating, vacillating, ventilating.
5-l ā' t i ngcontemplating, electroplating, legislating.
4-ā' t i ngabbreviating, abdicating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, activating, adjudicating, administrating, advocating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alienating, alleviating, allocating, alternating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, assassinating, associating, authenticating, automating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, chlorinating, collaborating, commemorating, communicating, compensating, complicating, concentrating, confiscating, consolidating, consummating, contaminating, cooperating, coordinating, corroborating, culminating, cultivating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, deprecating, depreciating, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, discriminating, disintegrating, disseminating, dissipating, domesticating, dominating, donating, duplicating, educating, elaborating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, enunciating, equivocating, eradicating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, exterminating, fabricating, facilitating, fascinating, fluctuating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impersonating, implicating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, laminating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, locating, lubricating, mandating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, originating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, placating, pontificating, precipitating, predominating, procrastinating, prognosticating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, reallocating, reciprocating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, replicating, repudiating, resonating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, stagnating, subordinating, suffocating, syndicating, terminating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, urinating, validating.
3-t i ngabating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Assimilating

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-i-i-i-l-m-n-s-s-t"

-3 letters: assailing, astigmias, giantisms, laminitis, mainsails, misaligns, talismans.

-4 letters: amassing, animists, assignat, astigmia, giantism, glassman, ignatias, imaginal, imagists, initials, lastings, liaising, limiting, listings, mailings, mainsail, mantissa, militias, misalign, sailings, saltings, satanism, siamangs, slatings, staminal, staminas, tailings, talisman.

-5 letters: against, agnails, animals, animist, antisag, ignatia, imagist, initial, instals, instils, intagli, intimal, intimas, isatins, laminas, lasting.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-i-i-i-l-m-n-s-s-t"
 

+3 letters: egalitarianisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Assimilating


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 73 73 69 6D 69 6C 61 74 69 6E 67

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-    ...    ...    ..    --    ..    .-..    .-    -    ..    -.    --.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#115 &#115 &#105 &#109 &#105 &#108 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#110 &#103

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0073 0073 0069 006D 0069 006C 0061 0074 0069 006E 0067

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

358585757975786786758073

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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