What does "integrate" mean?
To include as a constituent part or functionality.
Integrate
/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Very common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: To include as a constituent part or functionality.
- Grammar: integrate is listed as adj, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: incorporate, absorb, merge, absorbed.
- Useful contrasts: antisocial growth, disassociated, disconnected lesson.
- Usage evidence: You see when you put part A into slot B and screw down those into holes D, E and F, the pieces from that heavy box all integrate into a standing table.
How to use "integrate"
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Definitions
Verb
- 1 To include as a constituent part or functionality. transitive
"They were keen to integrate their new skills into the performance."
- 2 make into a whole or make part of a whole wordnet
- 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 become one; become integrated wordnet
- 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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- 6 calculate the integral of; calculate by integration wordnet
- 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."
- 8 open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups wordnet
- 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."
- 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."
- 11 To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them. transitive
Adjective
- 1 composite obsolete
- 2 whole, complete, perfect obsolete
Antonyms
Example
"You see when you put part A into slot B and screw down those into holes D, E and F, the pieces from that heavy box all integrate into a standing table."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "integrate"?
Common synonyms include: incorporate, absorb, merge, absorbed, accommodate, add.
How do you use "integrate" in a sentence?
You see when you put part A into slot B and screw down those into holes D, E and F, the pieces from that heavy box all integrate into a standing table.
How do you pronounce "integrate"?
Pronounced /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/.
Etymology
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.