integrate

American

[in-ti-greyt] / ˈɪn tɪˌgreɪt /

verb (used with object)

integrated, integrating

to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
to make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit, as parts do.

Synonyms:

mingle, fuse, unify, merge
to unite or combine.
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.
to combine (previously segregated educational facilities, classes, and the like) into one unified system; desegregate.
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.
Mathematics. to find the value of the integral of (a function).
to indicate the total amount or the mean value of.

verb (used without object)

integrated, integrating

to become integrated.
to meld with and become part of the dominant culture.
Mathematics.
1. to perform the operation of integration, or finding the integral of a function or equation.
2. to find the solution to a differential equation.

integrate British

/ ˈɪntəɡrəbəl /

verb

to make or be made into a whole; incorporate or be incorporated
(tr) to designate (a school, park, etc) for use by all races or groups; desegregate
to amalgamate or mix (a racial or religious group) with an existing community
maths to perform an integration on (a quantity, expression, etc)

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adjective

made up of parts; integrated

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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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Palantir introduced its Artificial Intelligence Platform in 2023, allowing organizations to integrate large language models directly into their data and operations.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Brokerage companies have joined the race to integrate AI into their products and internal processes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The system, composed of radars, control node, and missile launchers, can intercept munitions and aircraft and will integrate within the wider air defences in the region, the ministry said.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They also plan to integrate this method with volumetric holographic multiplexing techniques, which could allow multiple pages and channels of data to be stored at once.

From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026

Martin Luther King, Jr., had been confined to a Birmingham, Alabama, jail cell since Good Friday, April 12, arrested in a fierce effort to integrate that city’s lunch counters and other facilities.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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