integrate
/ˈɪntəˌɡreɪt/
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Type
Verb
Meaning
To combine two or more things into a single, coordinated, and effective whole.
The software allows engineers to integrate multiple datasets into one visual dashboard.
How easily does this payment processor integrate with your online store?
To join and become an accepted, active member of a community, culture, or social group.
Immigrants often work hard to integrate into their new neighborhoods while preserving cultural traditions.
Did the international students integrate smoothly during their first semester on campus?
To open an institution, facility, or organization to people of all racial and ethnic groups.
Activists led peaceful protests to integrate lunch counters and buses across the region.
Many municipal school districts were not fully integrated until years after the court ruling.
How it's used
When this means “combine components into a whole”
- integrate the system
- integrate the system into the network
“integrate it into the network.”
The team will integrate the new accounting tools into the company platform.
When this means “become part of a group”
- integrate into the community
“integrate into it.”
New arrivals usually integrate into local organizations within a few months.
Collocations
- integrate seamlessly
- integrate data
- integrate systems
- integrate into society
- integrate fully
- integrate schools
Synonyms
- incorporate
- merge
- assimilate
- desegregate