integrate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To include as a constituent part or functionality.
To join a group or an environment harmoniously; to make oneself fit in.
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
To give the sum or total of a varying quantity over an interval such as a period of time or an area.
To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation.
To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.
To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

adj

composite
whole, complete, perfect

Pronunciation

/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-integrate.wav /ˈɪn.təˌɡɹeɪt/ /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹæɪt/ /ˈən.tə.ɡɹæɪt/ /ɪɳʈi.ɡɾeʈ/ /ɪɳʈəˈɡɾeʈ/

Word forms

integrate integrates integrating integrated more integrate most integrate

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.

Synonyms

fuse merge incorporate swallow absorb add on co-opt corporate incorpse integrate subsume assimilate embody

Antonyms

disintegrate divide extract segregate unincorporate

Related words

integrated integration integrative integrity engulf overwhelm swallow up

Derived words

cointegrate disintegrate integrase integrator misintegrate osseointegrate reintegrate

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