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integrate

[in-ti-greyt]
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verb (used with object), in·te·grat·ed, in·te·grat·ing.

verb (used without object), in·te·grat·ed, in·te·grat·ing.

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Origin of integrate

1630–40; < Latin integrātus past participle of integrāre to renew, restore. See integer, -ate1
Related formsin·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, adjectiveun·in·te·gra·tive, adjective

Synonyms for integrate

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2. merge, unify, fuse, mingle.
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Examples from the Web for integrating

Contemporary Examples of integrating

Historical Examples of integrating

  • It has acted as a disintegrating as well as an integrating force.

  • And if so, why may not this integrating, as I should propose to call it, have been going on for ever?

    Theism

    Robert Flint

  • Only the integrating force of state building could have stopped this slave trade.

    The Negro

    W.E.B. Du Bois

  • It consists of ten integrating machines in a row, coupled up and working together.

  • Integrating procedures ascertain a different form of cooperation and competition.

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 Formsintegrable (ˈɪntəɡrəbəl), adjectiveintegrability, nounintegrative, adjective

Word Origin for integrate

C17: from Latin integrāre; see integer
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for integrating

integrate

v.

1630s, "to render (something) whole," from Latin integratus, past participle of integrare "make whole," from integer "whole" (see integer). Meaning "to put together parts or elements and combine them into a whole" is from 1802. Integrate in the "racially desegregate" sense is a back-formation from integration, dating to the 1948 U.S. presidential contest. Related: Integrated; integrating.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper