integrate
To include as a constituent part or functionality.
Example
“They were keen to integrate their new skills into the performance.”
Other meanings
To join a group or an environment harmoniously; to make oneself fit in.
“The refugees integrated well into the community.”
To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
Related words
- cointegrate
- disintegrate
- integrase
- integrator
- misintegrate
- osseointegrate
- reintegrate
Word history
From Latin "integrātus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “integrate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.