integrate

[ in-ti-greyt ]

/ ˈɪn tɪˌgreɪt /

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verb (used with object), in·te·grat·ed, in·te·grat·ing.

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.

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), in·te·grat·ed, in·te·grat·ing.

to become integrated.

to meld with and become part of the dominant culture.

Mathematics.

to perform the operation of integration, or finding the integral of a function or equation.
to find the solution to a differential equation.

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Origin of integrate

1630–40; < Latin integrātus past participle of integrāre to renew, restore. See integer, -ate¹

SYNONYMS FOR integrate

2 merge, unify, fuse, mingle.

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OTHER WORDS FROM integrate

in·te·gra·tive, adjectivede-in·te·grate, verb, de-in·te·grat·ed, de-in·te·grat·ing.re·in·te·grate, verb, re·in·te·grat·ed, re·in·te·grat·ing.self-in·te·grat·ing, adjective

un·in·te·gra·tive, adjective

Words nearby integrate

integral test, integralism, integrand, integrant, integraph, integrate, integrated, integrated bar, integrated circuit, integrated data processing, integrated fire control

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Companies are integrating new technologies like start-stop engines and new materials.
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It consists of ten integrating machines in a row, coupled up and working together.
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In the Age of Cognition, we cannot afford such a long cycle for integrating human cognitive resources.
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Only the integrating force of state building could have stopped this slave trade.
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It has acted as a disintegrating as well as an integrating force.
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How could it, the Army asked, endanger the morale (p. 356) and efficiency of its fighting forces by integrating these men?
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British Dictionary definitions for integrating

integrate

verb (ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt)

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)

adjective (ˈɪntɪɡrɪt)

made up of parts; integrated

Derived forms of integrate

integrable (ˈɪntəɡrəbəl), adjectiveintegrability, nounintegrative, adjective

Word Origin for integrate

C17: from Latin integrāre; see integer

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