integrate

American  

[in-ti-grayt] / 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

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Etymology

Origin of integrate

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

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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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The buyouts arrive as the combined company is expected to lay off hundreds, if not thousands, of people while it begins to integrate the two operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

"We are working on ways to integrate machine learning into excited states calculations to further improve the efficiency of our method," Villani said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

The Terafab is an expensive chip plant that would integrate design, fabrication, advanced packaging and more.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

The company uses a variety of AI models to power its agent, and plans to integrate with Meta’s Muse agent, Vilk added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 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

"The way that Tite Kubo integrates all these cultures and represents them in a Japanese art form is really interesting and amazing," the 28-year-old explains.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Helder Guimarães integrates deft card tricks into the story of his life’s journey, from his youth in Portugal to chasing his dreams in the U.S., in a production at New York City Center.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

This integrates Anthropic’s Claude directly into Salesforce’s platform.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

The study, "Frontoparietal hub connectivity integrates information from multiple sources," was published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 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

The kitchen features European styling, with flat-front cabinets, integrated appliances, and lighting beneath the cabinetry.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The researchers built the spectrometer using a silicon nitride photonic platform and integrated it with onboard electronics.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

"They must have some pretty deep anger. They're a part of society who doesn't feel integrated."

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Stupnikov’s wife had remained in Borzya, integrated with the tightknit community of officers’ wives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

They integrated their bus and traveled from Washington, D.C., through the deep South.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

The company considered integrating production with Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., as well as the planned Scout Motors plant in Blythewood, S.C.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

By integrating quantum mechanics simulations, machine learning, automated identification of chemical reactions, and models of reaction rates, the approach could help researchers investigate other important industrial processes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

From identifying players, to providing pathways, integrating them into the team and then selling at the right time, it is a strategy which has worked, year after year.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Two days into Lakers training camp while integrating nine new players during yet another physical practice session, Austin Reaves has been impressed with just how good this Lakers group can be.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Fully integrating the arts requires a time commitment and instructional expertise, but often there isn’t the time, resources, or incentive to fully learn or implement the entire process for a lesson.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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