integrate

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verb

British English pronunciation: integrate

/ˈɪntɪˌɡreɪt/

present tense
I/you/we/they	integrate
he/she/it	integrates
present participle	integrating
past tense	integrated
past participle	integrated

1
[transitive] [often passive] to make someone become a full member of a group or society and be involved completely in its activities
integrate someone into something:
a means of integrating new members into the local community
How would such culturally different people be integrated into our society?
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1. a.
  [intransitive] to become a full member of a society or group and be involved completely in its activities
  integrate into:
  the failure of such groups to integrate into modern urban society
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2
[transitive] [often passive] to connect or combine two or more things so that together they form an effective unit or system
integrate something into something:
We provide resources that can be integrated into the national teaching programme.
integrate something with something:
Care will also be taken to integrate the buildings with surrounding architecture.
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1. a.
  [transitive] to combine two or more things in order to form a single unit or system
  the challenge of integrating the two systems successfully
  integrate something with something:
  his attempt to integrate his religious faith with evolutionary science
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2. b.
  [intransitive] to combine with other things and form an effective unit or system
  integrate with:
  The new techniques had to integrate with existing conventional software.
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3
[transitive] to change the rules of a place, institution, or organization so that people of all races can enter it
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