integrate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
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to make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit, as parts do.
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to unite or combine.
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to give or cause to give equal opportunity and consideration to (a racial, religious, or ethnic group or a member of such a group).
to integrate minority groups in the school system.
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to combine (previously segregated educational facilities, classes, and the like) into one unified system; desegregate.
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to give or cause to give members of all racial, religious, and ethnic groups an equal opportunity to belong to, be employed by, be customers of, or vote in (an organization, place of business, city, state, etc.).
to integrate a restaurant;
to integrate a country club.
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Mathematics. to find the value of the integral of (a function).
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to indicate the total amount or the mean value of.
verb (used without object)
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to become integrated.
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to meld with and become part of the dominant culture.
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Mathematics.
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to perform the operation of integration, or finding the integral of a function or equation.
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to find the solution to a differential equation.
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verb
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to make or be made into a whole; incorporate or be incorporated
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(tr) to designate (a school, park, etc) for use by all races or groups; desegregate
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to amalgamate or mix (a racial or religious group) with an existing community
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maths to perform an integration on (a quantity, expression, etc)
adjective
Other Word Forms
- de-integrate verb
- integrability noun
- integrable adjective
- integrative adjective
- reintegrate verb
- unintegrative adjective
Etymology
Origin of integrate
First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin integrātus, past participle of integrāre “to renew, restore”; integer, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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Adobe has integrated third-party AI models into existing products such as Photoshop and Premiere Pro, and launched its own AI product, Firefly.
A vertically integrated stack means Oracle owns multiple layers of the production process for cloud infrastructure.
Officials have launched an "AI+" plan to integrate AI into manufacturing, logistics, healthcare and education.
From BBC
Rather than trying to buy stocks at the apex of fear based off VIX signals, consider integrating gas prices into your decision-making.
From Barron's
Cintas said that, by integrating the companies’ processing capacity, route networks, service infrastructure, supply chains and technology investments, it expects to create efficiencies and expand service capabilities.
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