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integrate
 
SYLLABICATION:in·te·grate
PRONUNCIATION:  nt-grt
VERB:Inflected forms: inte·grat·ed, inte·grat·ing, inte·grates
TRANSITIVE VERB:1. To make into a whole by bringing all parts together; unify. 2a. To join with something else; unite. b. To make part of a larger unit: integrated the new procedures into the work routine. 3a. To open to people of all races or ethnic groups without restriction; desegregate. b. To admit (a racial or ethnic group) to equal membership in an institution or society. 4. Mathematics a. To calculate the integral of. b. To perform integration on. 5. Psychology To bring about the integration of (personality traits).
INTRANSITIVE VERB: To become integrated or undergo integration.
ETYMOLOGY:From Middle English, intact, from Latin integrtus, past participle of integrre, to make whole, from integer, complete. See tag- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:inte·grativeADJECTIVE
 
 
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