integrative
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tɪˌgreɪt 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.
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Origin:
1630–40; < Latin integrātus past participle of integrāre to renew, restore. See integer, -ate1
1630–40; < Latin integrātus past participle of integrāre to renew, restore. See integer, -ate1
Related forms
in·te·gra·tive, adjective
de-in·te·grate, verb, de-in·te·grat·ed, de-in·te·grat·ing.
re·in·te·grate, verb, re·in·te·grat·ed, re·in·te·grat·ing.
self-in·te·grat·ing, adjective
un·in·te·gra·tive, adjective
Synonyms
2. merge, unify, fuse, mingle.
2. merge, unify, fuse, mingle.
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| integrate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or be made into a whole; incorporate or be incorporated |
| 2. | (tr) to designate (a school, park, etc) for use by all races or groups; desegregate |
| 3. | to amalgamate or mix (a racial or religious group) with an existing community |
| 4. | maths to perform an integration on (a quantity, expression, etc) |
| —adj | |
| 5. | made up of parts; integrated |
| [C17: from Latin integrāre; see | |
| integrable | |
| —adj | |
| integra'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'integrative | |
| —adj | |
| integrate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or be made into a whole; incorporate or be incorporated |
| 2. | (tr) to designate (a school, park, etc) for use by all races or groups; desegregate |
| 3. | to amalgamate or mix (a racial or religious group) with an existing community |
| 4. | maths to perform an integration on (a quantity, expression, etc) |
| —adj | |
| 5. | made up of parts; integrated |
| [C17: from Latin integrāre; see | |
| integrable | |
| —adj | |
| integra'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'integrative | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
integrate
1630s, "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. Integrate in the "racially desegregate" sense is a back formation
from integration, dating to the 1948 to U.S. presidential contest.
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Example sentences
Integrative levels, the brain, and the emergence of complex behavior.
The programme is divided into seven-week modules and is strongly integrative, with a team-centred approach.
She further argues that there is a value-added in acquiring these higher-order integrative skills.
In the absence of this kind of integrative consciousness, undergraduate business education is often narrow.
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