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integrate.

To include as a constituent part or functionality.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/British, Southern, Standard[ˈĭn.tĭ.ɡɹeɪ̯t]British, Southern, Standard/ˈɪn.tə.ɡɹeɪt/British, Southern, Standard

  1. To include as a constituent part or functionality.

    transitive
    They were keen to integrate their new skills into the performance.

  2. To join a group or an environment harmoniously; to make oneself fit in.

    intransitive · reflexive · sometimes · usually
    The refugees integrated well into the community.
    The eco-friendly building integrates with the forest around it.

  3. To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.

    transitive

  4. To give the sum or total of a varying quantity over an interval such as a period of time or an area.

    transitive

  5. To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation.

    transitive

  6. To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.

    transitive
    President Eisenhower had to call out the National Guard to integrate Little Rock Central High School.

  7. To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

First attested in the 1450's as an adjective, first attested in 1638 as a verb; from Middle English integrat(e) (“intact, whole”), borrowed from Latin integrātus, perfect passive participle of integrō (“to make whole, renew, repair, begin again”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from integer (“whole, fresh”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See integer and integral.

adj/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/British, Southern, Standard[ˈĭn.tĭ.ɡɹeɪ̯t]British, Southern, Standard/ˈɪn.tə.ɡɹeɪt/British, Southern, Standard

  1. composite

    obsolete

  2. whole, complete, perfect

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

First attested in the 1450's as an adjective, first attested in 1638 as a verb; from Middle English integrat(e) (“intact, whole”), borrowed from Latin integrātus, perfect passive participle of integrō (“to make whole, renew, repair, begin again”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from integer (“whole, fresh”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). See integer and integral.

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