verb

integrate

IHN-tih-grayt

verb

To combine separate parts so they work together as one system.

"The new software integrates smoothly with our existing tools."

"They integrated the two departments into a single team."

To bring people of different groups together as equals in a shared community or institution.

"The school worked hard to integrate students from all backgrounds."

How to Use Integrate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo join things together so they function as one, or to bring people together without separation.

Common pairings

integrate into fully integrated integrate with

more integrate comparative, integrated past tense, integrates singular, most integrate superlative

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The new software _____ smoothly with our existing tools.

From Latin integrare, "to make whole," from integer, "whole, entire."

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disintegrate divide extract segregate unincorporate

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fuse merge incorporate swallow absorb add on co-opt corporate incorpse subsume disintegrate divide