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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integrate integrates integrated integrating

Paramount’s internal teams and Warner Bros. have been diligently working to lay the groundwork for the two rival companies to integrate their operations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

IBM bought open-source software company Red Hat for $34 billion, a deal Krishna helped integrate and would become a major growth driver.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

“These findings highlight a real opportunity to better integrate brain health into routine healthcare,” Snyder said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

Yet these civil penalties, although not considered punishment by our courts, often make it virtually impossible for people who have been convicted of crimes to integrate into the mainstream society and economy upon release.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

And Sonny eventually integrates with a few of her fellow resort-goers, and learns there’s more to them in reality than her imaginings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

The technology, known as CPO, integrates optical transceivers and processors in the same package, and is touted for improving chip speed and power efficiency due to using light instead of electricity to move data.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 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

The study highlights how advanced motor control can shape perception itself, offering clues about how the brain integrates movement and sensory experience.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 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 OpenAI bot, acting on its own, raises concerns among consumers because agents increasingly are being integrated into browsers, email and other apps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

Analysts Alexander Potter and Ben Johnson point in particular to Rivian and Mobileye, whose vertically integrated models allow them to build next-generation models without relying on suppliers or supply chains that don’t exist yet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

Burnham's vision for a "nationally integrated public transport system" is considered by the Metro, following the announcement of a reduction in the national cap on most bus fares in England.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

He extracted cube roots and integrated functions of varying complexity.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

Lee noted that Microsoft is pursuing a broader strategy around proprietary AI models, expanding its frontier AI partners and vertically integrating infrastructure that spans cloud, data, security and application layers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

This can be done by integrating watermarks and other markers to allow the easy detection of AI-generated content.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

By drawing on video archives and integrating holograms and agentic AI, teams or athletes from any era can be revived to compete against each other—a godsend for NFL fans when the season ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

The L1 addresses that by integrating speakers directly into a reshaped cabinet that already carries an angle built into its design, reducing the number of interfaces in the chain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Former president Harry Truman, idealized by many blacks for integrating the military, may have been more decisive than his successor, but his stand on the lunch-counter protests didn’t please blacks.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Related Words

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