INTEGRATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does integrate mean? 

• INTEGRATE (verb)
  The verb INTEGRATE has 4 senses:

1. make into a whole or make part of a whole

2. open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups

3. become one; become integrated

4. calculate the integral of; calculate by integration

  Familiarity information: INTEGRATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTEGRATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they integrate    ... he / she / it integrates   
Past simple: integrated   
Past participle: integrated   
-ing form: integrating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make into a whole or make part of a whole

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

incorporate; integrate

Context example:

She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal

Hypernyms (to "integrate" is one way to...):

combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "integrate"):

fold (incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating)

reintegrate (integrate again)

build in (make something an integral part of something else)

re-incorporate (incorporate again or anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Antonym:

disintegrate (break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity)

Derivation:

integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)

integrative (tending to consolidate)

integrative (combining and coordinating diverse elements into a whole)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

desegregate; integrate; mix

Context example:

This school is completely desegregated

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

integrating; integration (the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become one; become integrated

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds

Hypernyms (to "integrate" is one way to...):

change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "integrate"):

merge; unify; unite (become one)

lysogenize (become integrated into the genome of (a bacterium))

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

integrating (the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community)

integration (the act of combining into an integral whole)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Calculate the integral of; calculate by integration

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "integrate" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

differentiate (calculate a derivative; take the derivative)

Derivation:

integral (the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x))

integration (an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined)

integrator (a measuring instrument for measuring the area of an irregular plane figure)

 Context examples 

The second part, the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (VMPFC), integrated this signal with a likeability evaluation to produce a distinct activity pattern that closely matched the Uncanny Valley response.

(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)

The Clinical Trials Information Management System is an effort to develop an integrated system for managing various aspects of a clinical trial.

(Clinical Trials Informatics System, NCI Thesaurus)

The cells contain a single integrated copy of the complete early region of the SV40 genome.

(COS-1, NCI Thesaurus)

The interaction of multiple different factors in cyclin E accumulation integrates different signaling pathways with cell cycle regulation and may play a role in the unregulated cell cycle progression of cancer.

(Cyclin E Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An integrated physical and genetic linkage map of the human genome produced by the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) and the Genethon research laboratories.

(CEPH/Genethon Map, NCI Thesaurus)

In turn, phosphoryl C-11 choline is integrated into phospholipids in the cell membrane as part of phosphatidylcholine.

(Carbon C 11 Choline, NCI Thesaurus)

Temperate tailed phagae; does not integrate into host chromosome; prophage resembles plasmid and replicates autonomously at low numbers.

(Bacteriophage P1, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Calcium-regulated CREB transcription factors integrate calcium and cAMP signals. cAMP pathways provide a chief means by which cellular growth, differentiation, and function can be influenced by extracellular signals.

(cAMP Responsive Element Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Research at the Center is integrated with the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, School of Public Health, and several schools and departments of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, and Princeton University.

(Cancer Institute of New Jersey, NCI Thesaurus)

It integrates information about clinical trials participation (including human subjects' protection), treatment advances, and related resources for patients and physicians.

(CancerTrials, NCI Thesaurus)