integrate

American  

[in-ti-greyt] / ˈɪn tɪˌgreɪt /

verb (used with object)

integrates, present (3rd person singular) integrated, past participle, past integrating present participle

1. to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.

2. to make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit, as parts do.

   Synonyms:

   mingle, fuse, unify, merge

3. to unite or combine.

4. 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.

5. to combine (previously segregated educational facilities, classes, and the like) into one unified system; desegregate.

6. 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.

7. Mathematics. to find the value of the integral of (a function).

8. to indicate the total amount or the mean value of.

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verb (used without object)

integrates, present (3rd person singular) integrated, past participle, past integrating present participle

1. to become integrated.

2. to meld with and become part of the dominant culture.

3. 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

1. to make or be made into a whole; incorporate or be incorporated

2. (tr) to designate (a school, park, etc) for use by all races or groups; desegregate

3. to amalgamate or mix (a racial or religious group) with an existing community

4. maths to perform an integration on (a quantity, expression, etc)

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adjective

1. made up of parts; integrated

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• integrable
  adjective
• unintegrative
  adjective
• reintegrate
  verb
• integrative
  adjective
• integrability
  noun
• de-integrate
  verb

Conjugated Forms

Present

• has integrated
  perfect 3rd person singular
• have integrated
  perfect
• is integrating
  progressive 3rd person singular
• has been integrating
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular
• am integrating
  progressive 1st person singular
• integrates
  singular 3rd person
• have been integrating
  perfect progressive
• integrating
  participle
• are integrating
  progressive

Past

• had integrated
  perfect
• were integrating
  progressive plural
• had been integrating
  perfect progressive
• integrated
  simple
• integrated
  participle
• was integrating
  progressive singular

Future

• will integrate
  simple
• will have integrated
  perfect
• will have been integrating
  perfect progressive
• will be integrating
  progressive

Etymology

Origin of integrate

First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin integrātus, past participle of integrāre “to renew, restore”; see integer, -ate ¹

Explanation

To integrate is to make parts of something into a whole. It also means to become one unit, or to make a place (like a school) open to people of all races and ethnic groups. One of the results of the Civil Rights Movement was the decision to integrate the schools of the American South. Before this point, African-American students went to different schools than white students. After the decision to integrate the schools, students of all races went to the same schools. Integrate also means to make into a whole or to incorporate into a larger structure: "If your school is missing a unit on thermodynamics, your science teacher could integrate it into the curriculum."

Example Sentences

"If we do it well, integrate people well, there is nothing bad in it at all. Quite the contrary."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The everything app in China invited developers to integrate mini programs into the app’s artificial-intelligence ecosystem on Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

It’s a process to integrate these brands into a larger conglomerate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

It’s leaving teachers to grapple with how to integrate artificial intelligence into the classroom—if at all.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

No one doubted that Parks was the perfect symbol for the movement to integrate public transportation in Montgomery.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Related Words

• accommodate
• assimilate
• blend
• combine
• conform
• consolidate
• coordinate
• desegregate
• fuse
• harmonize
• incorporate
• join
• link
• mesh
• organize
• unify
• unite