integrate
Verb
- make into a whole or make part of a whole
- open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups
- become one; become integrated
- "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"
- calculate the integral of; calculate by integration
- 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
Examples
- President Eisenhower had to call out the National Guard to integrate Little Rock Central High School.
- The eco-friendly building integrates with the forest around it.
- The refugees integrated well into the community.
- They were keen to integrate their new skills into the performance.
Origin / 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
desegregate, incorporate, mix, absorb, add on, assimilate, co-opt, coalesce, corporate, embody, fuse, incorpse, integrate, merge, subsume, swallow
Antonyms
differentiate, disintegrate, segregate, divide, extract, unincorporate
Scrabble Score: 10
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