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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Palantir introduced its Artificial Intelligence Platform in 2023, allowing organizations to integrate large language models directly into their data and operations.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026
But officials in the US appear to be moving forward with plans to further integrate Maven into its systems.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
They also plan to integrate this method with volumetric holographic multiplexing techniques, which could allow multiple pages and channels of data to be stored at once.
From Science Daily • Mar. 29, 2026
Redundant roles have been removed as the social-media company tries to boost profit and integrate with Musk’s space-exploration company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
West Virginia’s Governor Homer Holt saw the writing on the wall: the choice was to integrate or, like its neighbor to the east, dig in and contest the ruling.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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