integrate

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English

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.təˌɡɹeɪt/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹæɪt/

Verb

integrate (third-person singular simple present integrates, present participle integrating, simple past and past participle integrated)

1. (transitive) To include as a constituent part or functionality.
2. (usually intransitive, sometimes reflexive) To join a group or an environment harmoniously; to make oneself fit in.

3. (transitive) To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
4. (mathematics, sciences, transitive) To give the sum or total of a varying quantity over an interval such as a period of time or an area.
5. (mathematics, sciences, transitive) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation.
6. (transitive) To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.

   Antonym: segregate
7. (genetics, transitive) To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

Synonyms

• (form into one whole): embody, fuse, merge; see also Thesaurus:coalesce
• (include as a constituent part): assimilate, incorporate, swallow; see also Thesaurus:integrate

Derived terms

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Translations

Adjective

integrate (comparative more integrate, superlative most integrate)

1. (obsolete) composite
2. (obsolete) whole, complete, perfect

Anagrams

• argentite, ganterite

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

integrate

1. inflection of integrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

integrate f pl

1. feminine plural of integrato

Anagrams

• argentite, attingere, reginetta

Latin

Participle

integrāte

1. vocative masculine singular of integrātus

Spanish

Verb

integrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of integrar combined with te