1. to adapt to or adopt the cultural traits or social patterns of another group
Usage: often used in anthropology and sociology

Examples

• Immigrants often acculturate gradually over several generations.
• The exchange students began to acculturate to American customs within months.
• Children typically acculturate faster than their parents when families move to new countries.
• The research examined how refugees acculturate to their host society.
• Some communities resist pressure to acculturate and maintain their traditional ways.
• International students must acculturate to both academic and social norms.