integrate
//ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- integrate
- past (v2)
- integrated
- past participle (v3)
- integrated
- present participle
- integrating
- 3rd person singular
- integrates
Definitions
1.To include as a constituent part or functionality.
- They were keen to integrate their new skills into the performance.
- All of Peter Schickele's music, both straight and comedic are integrated side by side in this chapter.
2.To join a group or an environment harmoniously; to make oneself fit in.
- The refugees integrated well into the community.
- The eco-friendly building integrates with the forest around it.
3.To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
- Virtually free of pain, she has integrated the broken pieces of her life, is a loving and loved wife and mother, and is back at her job.
4.To give the sum or total of a varying quantity over an interval such as a period of time or an area.
- Data gathered at each remote site include sulphur dioxide in parts per million, a five-minute integrated wind direction to the nearest degree and a five-minute integrated wind speed to the nearest one-tenth knot.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3640
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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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).