INTEGRATE

integrate, incorporate

(verb) make into a whole or make part of a whole; “She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal”

integrate

(verb) become one; become integrated; “The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds”

integrate

(verb) calculate the integral of; calculate by integration

desegregate, integrate, mix

(verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; “This school is completely desegregated”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.

To include as a constituent part or functionality.

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.

(mathematics) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.

To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.

Antonym: segregate

(genetics) To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

Synonyms

• (form into one whole): embody, fuse, merge; see also coalesce

• (include as a constituent part): assimilate, incorporate, swallow; see also integrate

Anagrams

• argentite, ganterite

Source: Wiktionary


In"te*grate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Integrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Integrating.] Etym: [L. integratus, p. p. of integrare to make whole, renew: cf. F. intégrer. 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.)

Definition: To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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