integrating

[ in-ti-grey-ting ]

adjective

1. coming or bringing together into a whole; uniting or combining:

   Philosophy is an integrating discipline, as it puts all varieties of knowledge together and determines their overall significance.

2. blending with and becoming part of the dominant culture group, or aiding a minority group in this process:

   Forced to resettle in southwestern Asia in the 12th century, the easily integrating Kipchaks helped revive the weak economy there.

3. giving equal opportunity and consideration to one or more racial, religious, ethnic, or other minority groups in an organization, workplace, nation, etc.:

   In our cycling club we see storytelling as an integrating activity, with elderly and young people alike sharing their cycling experiences.

4. combining previously segregated neighborhoods, facilities, classes, etc., into one unified system:

   Apartheid was a deliberate, conscious attempt to block the racially integrating effects of the free market.

Other Words From

• self-in·te·grat·ing adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of integrating¹

First recorded in 1620–40; integrate ( def ) + -ing ²( def )

Example Sentences

More importantly, a 20-mile ride is elastic in that, despite being compact enough to integrate into your 17 waking hours, it gives you plenty to play with in terms of duration and intensity.

From Outside Online

Voi, a Swedish e-scooter manufacturer, integrated Luna’s computer vision system into 50 of its e-scooters.

From Washington Post

“Run Me to Earth,” by Paul YoonThough presented as a novel, this tightly integrated collection of six stories begins in the bombed-out shell of 1960s Laos, then jumps across decades and continents as characters ricochet around the world.

From Washington Post

Like governors, these neurons manage a semi-dedicated region, so that any signal they transfer to the higher-ups—spinal cord and brain—is actually integrated from multiple sensors across a large distance.

From Singularity Hub 

Scenarios can also integrate a range of risk-mitigation strategies to test which would be most effective.

From Fortune

Companies are integrating new technologies like start-stop engines and new materials.

From The Daily Beast

We really need to take the problem of hate violence seriously and do a better job of integrating minorities in our society.

From The Daily Beast

This idea of integrating autistics into the workforce may be Danish postmodern, but it relies on a classic American formula.

From The Daily Beast

But, so far, he seems to be “mentally stable and by all accounts he is integrating very well,” said Hodgson.

From The Daily Beast

In short, integrating Arabs and haredim into the economy requires investment.

From The Daily Beast

The integrating force of such a basin will often overcome the disintegrating force of race antagonisms.

From Project Gutenberg

Newton obtained the expansion of sin−1x by expanding (l − x2)−1/2 by the binomial theorem and integrating the series term by term.

From Project Gutenberg

It is held that women have the greater integrating intelligence, while men are stronger in differentiation.

From Project Gutenberg

Processing language is not equivalent to integrating these alternative means.

From Project Gutenberg

Nevertheless he made no move toward integrating by platoons while he was Chief of Staff.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• amalgam
• fusion