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Integrate

//ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    composite obsolete
  2. 2
    whole, complete, perfect obsolete
Verb
  1. 1
    To include as a constituent part or functionality. transitive

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

  2. 2
    make into a whole or make part of a whole wordnet
  3. 3
    To join a group or an environment harmoniously; to make oneself fit in. intransitive, reflexive, sometimes, usually

    "The refugees integrated well into the community."

  4. 4
    become one; become integrated wordnet
  5. 5
    To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect. transitive

    "Virtually free of pain, she has integrated the broken pieces of her life, is a loving and loved wife and mother, and is back at her job."

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  1. 6
    calculate the integral of; calculate by integration wordnet
  2. 7
    To give the sum or total of a varying quantity over an interval such as a period of time or an area. transitive

    "Data gathered at each remote site include sulphur dioxide in parts per million, a five-minute integrated wind direction to the nearest degree and a five-minute integrated wind speed to the nearest one-tenth knot."

  3. 8
    open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups wordnet
  4. 9
    To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation. transitive

    "As Example 9 indicates, we can integrate sinⁿ x if we know how to integrate sinⁿ⁻² x."

  5. 10
    To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood. transitive

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

  6. 11
    To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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