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Dictionary: ac·cul·tur·ate   (ə-kŭl'chə-rāt') pronunciation

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.tr.
To cause (a society, for example) to change by the process of acculturation.

v.intr.
To change or be modified by acculturation.


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verb

    To fit for companionship with others, especially in attitude or manners: civilize, humanize, socialize. See teach/learn.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: assimilate culturally


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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - få til at tilpasse sig, integrere
v. intr. - tilpasse sig, integreres

Nederlands (Dutch)
(zich) aanpassen aan andere cultuur

Français (French)
v. tr. - acculturer
v. intr. - acculturer

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich eine (fremde) Kultur aneignen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προσαρμόζω/-ομαι πολιτιστικά, αφομοιώνω

Italiano (Italian)
acculturarsi

Português (Portuguese)
v. - aculturar

Русский (Russian)
переносить культуру из одной этнической, группы в другую

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - aculturar, transformar por asimilación cultural
v. intr. - transformarse por asimilación cultural, aculturarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kulturanpassa

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
借文化传入而使之变化, 使适应文化, 因文化传入而变化, 适应文化

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 借文化傳入而使之變化, 使適應文化
v. intr. - 因文化傳入而變化, 適應文化

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 문화를 변모 시키다
v. intr. - 문화가 변모하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 文化が変容する, 文化変容する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتبادل ثقافيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הביא לאימוץ תרבות שונה‬
v. intr. - ‮אימץ תרבות שונה או הסתגל אליה‬


 
 
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