integrate

[ in-ti-greyt ]

verb (used with object)

, in·te·grat·ed, in·te·grat·ing.

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.

verb (used without object)

, in·te·grat·ed, in·te·grat·ing.

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

/ 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)

adjective

1. made up of parts; integrated

Derived Forms

• ˌintegraˈbility, noun
• integrable, adjective
• ˈinteˌgrative, adjective

Other Words From

• in·te·gra·tive adjective
• de-in·te·grate verb deintegrated deintegrating
• re·in·te·grate verb reintegrated reintegrating
• un·in·te·gra·tive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of integrate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of integrate¹

C17: from Latin integrāre; see integer

Example Sentences

The last one is to integrate these longer-term plans with our overall global health security strategy.

From The Daily Beast

It may be military-led, but the operation will likely integrate with ongoing efforts from NGOs and the Liberian government.

From The Daily Beast

IFTTT—If This Then That—is a service that allows you to easily integrate two services together.

From The Daily Beast

The Automatic Link can also integrate with the IFTTT service.

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His scheme to re-integrate the church back into the center of this urban community has won Cain a legion of admirers.

From The Daily Beast

There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eyecan integrate all the parts--that is, the poet.

From Project Gutenberg

Other machines began to integrate crackpot reports of things sighted in divers places.

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Rynason was silent, trying to integrate that into the fog in his head.

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Such kind of territory is named "integrate territory" (territorium clausum).

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Nothing in the way of human endeavor can be more inspiring than the work of striving to integrate boys and girls.

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Related Words

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