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in⋅te⋅grate

  [in-ti-greyt] verb, -grat⋅ed, -grat⋅ing.
Use integrate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
2. to make up, combine, or complete to produce a whole or a larger unit, as parts do.
3. to unite or combine.
4. to give or cause to give equal opportunity and consideration to (a racial, religious, or ethnic group or a member of such a group): to integrate minority groups in the school system.
5. to combine (educational facilities, classes, and the like, previously segregated by race) into one unified system; desegregate.
6. to give or cause to give members of all races, religions, and ethnic groups an equal opportunity to belong to, be employed by, be customers of, or vote in (an organization, place of business, city, state, etc.): to integrate a restaurant; to integrate a country club.
7. Mathematics. to find the integral of.
8. to indicate the total amount or the mean value of.
–verb (used without object)
9. to become integrated.
10. to meld with and become part of the dominant culture.
11. Mathematics.
a. to perform the operation of integration.
b. to find the solution to a differential equation.
Origin:
1630–40; < L integrātus ptp. of integrāre to renew, restore. See integer, -ate 1

Related forms:
in⋅te⋅gra⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
2. merge, unify, fuse, mingle.
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in·te·grate   (ĭn'tĭ-grāt')   
v.   inte·grat·ed, inte·grat·ing, inte·grates

v.   tr.
  1. To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify.
    1. To join with something else; unite.
    2. To make part of a larger unit: integrated the new procedures into the work routine.
    3. To open to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction; desegregate.
    4. To admit (a racial or ethnic group) to equal membership in an institution or society.
    5. To calculate the integral of.
    6. To perform integration on.
    1. To open to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction; desegregate.
    2. To admit (a racial or ethnic group) to equal membership in an institution or society.
    3. To calculate the integral of.
    4. To perform integration on.
  4. Mathematics
    1. To calculate the integral of.
    2. To perform integration on.
  5. Psychology To bring about the integration of (personality traits).
v.   intr.
To become integrated or undergo integration.

[From Middle English, intact, from Latin integrātus, past participle of integrāre, to make whole, from integer, complete; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]
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Integrate

In"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Integrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Integrating.] [L. integratus, p. p. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. int['e]grer. See Integer, Entire.]

1. To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect. "That conquest rounded and integrated the glorious empire." --De Quincey.

Two distinct substances, the soul and body, go to compound and integrate the man. --South.

2. To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.

3. (Math.) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : integrate
Spanish: integrar(se),
German: eingliedern,
Japanese: 融けこむ
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integrate  (v.)
1638, "to render (something) whole," from L. integratus, pp. of integrare "make whole," from integer "whole" (see integer). Meaning "to put together parts or elements and combine them into a whole" is from 1802. Integration in social/racial relations, 1940, originally in South Africa. Back-formation integrate (in this sense) dates from 1948, in ref. to U.S. presidential contest of that year. Desegregate in this sense first recorded 1940.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: in·te·grate
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -grat·ed; -grat·ing
transitive verb 1 : to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole
2 : to end the segregation of and bring into equal membership in society or an organization intransitive verb : to become integrated
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: in·te·grate
Pronunciation: 'int-&-"grAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -grat·ed; -grat·ing
: to form or blend into a unified whole : cause to undergo integration integrated personality> —in·te·gra·tor /-"grAt-&r/ noun
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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