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

"We're trying to just live our lives, we integrate really well, and this is just going to increase the Islamophobia that we see in modern-day society," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Having separate activities was far safer than attempting to integrate anything.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

"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

Laura: More private-equity firms are factoring how a prospective leader addresses or integrates AI as part of their hiring assessments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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

West African music also integrates literature, movement, body percussion, rhyme, and music, so the Orff approach is probably the most applicable teaching method.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

Great Britain is integrated with wider European gas markets and physically linked to the continent through undersea pipelines.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 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

Let us be dissatisfied until the dark yesterdays of segregated schools will be transformed into bright tomorrows of quality integrated education.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

The analysts added that investors may wonder if a combination is necessary given Marvell’s current growth trajectory, but noted the company has a strong track record of integrating acquisitions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

The US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has made integrating AI into the armed forces a key priority, saying the Trump administration will become an "AI-first warfighting force".

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

“I think in terms of integrating all the new guys that have been available, which I think is everybody except for Collin in live play, it’s been pretty seamless,” Redick said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 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

The organization opposed black candidates for public office whom they deemed too accommodationist and its members walked alongside the pioneering black students integrating Durham’s public schools.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

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