integrate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
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to make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit, as parts do.
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to unite or combine.
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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.
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to combine (previously segregated educational facilities, classes, and the like) into one unified system; desegregate.
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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.
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Mathematics. to find the value of the integral of (a function).
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to indicate the total amount or the mean value of.
verb (used without object)
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to become integrated.
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to meld with and become part of the dominant culture.
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Mathematics.
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to perform the operation of integration, or finding the integral of a function or equation.
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to find the solution to a differential equation.
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verb
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to make or be made into a whole; incorporate or be incorporated
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(tr) to designate (a school, park, etc) for use by all races or groups; desegregate
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to amalgamate or mix (a racial or religious group) with an existing community
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maths to perform an integration on (a quantity, expression, etc)
adjective
Other Word Forms
- de-integrate verb
- integrability noun
- integrable adjective
- integrative adjective
- reintegrate verb
- unintegrative adjective
Etymology
Origin of integrate
First recorded in 1630–40; from Latin integrātus, past participle of integrāre “to renew, restore”; integer, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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"We are reducing complexity, focusing the downstream on our leading integrated businesses, and accelerating delivery of our plan," she added.
From BBC
Jonny's prediction: Hugo Ekitike has got brilliant confidence, can do a bit of everything and seems to integrate really well with the team.
From BBC
"We attacked it head-on by tightly integrating memory and logic and then building upward at extremely high density. It's like the Manhattan of computing -- we can fit more people in less space."
From Science Daily
He cajoled Harrison Ford to do more publicity for February’s “Captain America: Brave New World,” managed “princess week” at Disney theme parks and online, and is integrating the Disney+ and Hulu marketing teams.
I wanted the real Penn Badgley saying goodbye, closing a chapter, integrating the shadow of the role and stepping into the light of what’s next.
From Los Angeles Times
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