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

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

Inflected Forms

Participles

• integrating
  present
• integrated
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• integrate
  simple
• integrates
  simple
• have integrated
  perfect
• has integrated
  perfect
• am integrating
  progressive
• are integrating
  progressive
• is integrating
  progressive
• have been integrating
  perfect progressive
• has been integrating
  perfect progressive

Past

• integrated
  simple
• had integrated
  perfect
• was integrating
  progressive
• were integrating
  progressive
• had been integrating
  perfect progressive

Future

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

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It's a critical moment to make financial decisions but to also integrate and move towards production of our own medicines.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

“As filmmakers and studios integrate Imax, we become an increasingly important part of the ecosystem,” Gelfond said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

Maybe there’s a chance Letterboxd will be sold to Versant, and the company will integrate movie tickets and Rotten Tomatoes scores directly into its interface — it wouldn’t be the worst fate.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

OpenAI made the io acquisition—revealing its intention to wean consumers off smartphone screens—a year after announcing a partnership with Apple to integrate ChatGPT into some parts of the iPhone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

West Virginia’s Governor Homer Holt saw the writing on the wall: the choice was to integrate or, like its neighbor to the east, dig in and contest the ruling.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The listing highlights the home’s airy areas: “The open floor plan, complemented by floor-to-ceiling glass doors, seamlessly integrates the indoors with the outdoors, offering an extraordinary living experience.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

“One thing to watch is whether Greg integrates the disparate housing related businesses into one division,” Seifert says.

From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026

Ho, who left the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in January, recently joined Oath, a new firm that aims to automate 80% of its work by 2030 as it integrates artificial-intelligence tools.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026

The restructuring will reduce overlapping roles in TurboTax and Credit Karma as the company integrates both into a single team.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026

Such a view hardly does justice to artistic creativity, since art is not simply a negative force at the mercy of our neuroses but a positive expression that integrates diverse aspects of personality.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

Co-CEO Mike Cavanagh said that performance “reinforces the value of NBC, Telemundo, Bravo, and Peacock together as one integrated media business with continued opportunity to drive stronger engagement, advertising, and profitability into the future.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Group Chief Executive Yuvraj Narayan said the facilities would be integrated with the company’s logistics network at Jebel Ali, providing additional capacity as the port continues to operate at high utilization.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

"In a high-price environment related to the conflict in the Middle East, TotalEnergies is capitalising on its integrated model and diversification," said chief executive Patrick Pouyanne.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

"These experts should know that to come to the right conclusion you need an integrated opinion," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

However, Virginia’s legacy as the birthplace of humanity’s first step into the heavens would have to compete with the notoriety it was gaining as the country’s most intransigent foe of integrated schools.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Drapatiy is tasked with integrating advanced battlefield technology and loosening the military’s rigid, top-down decision-making structure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Gattis' comments come as Amazon has announced it is integrating its cloud gaming service Luna into the Prime Video app to sit alongside its shows and films.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Though an accountant by trade, he began integrating into the family business and, before his father’s passing, took over the business with his brother.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

Investors are beginning to pay more attention to the companies integrating AI capabilities into their existing products to improve the user experience.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

How does some music, such as rap, challenge our original notions of speech and music by integrating speech as part of the music?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

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