integration

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #20260

Meanings

1

noun
The process of becoming a full, accepted part of a community, especially for people from a different background.

The government introduced language classes to help with the integration of new immigrants.
2

noun
The act of combining separate parts into a single whole.

The merger required the integration of two very different computer systems.
3

noun
In mathematics, the operation of finding the integral of a function.

Integration is one of the two main operations studied in calculus.

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Synonyms

2 noun · the act of combining... consolidation

Word family

Forms integrations

Derived forms autointegrationbiointegrationcointegrationintegrationalintegrationismintegrationistmalintegrationmisintegrationosseointegrationperintegrationpostintegrationpreintegration

Related forms integerintegrableintegralintegrandintegrate integrator

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vertical integration
business ownership or control of several successive stages of producing and selling a product

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From French intégration, from Latin integratio. Morphologically integrate + -ion.

intégration French integratio Latin

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# integration

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 20260

## Meanings
1. The process of becoming a full, accepted part of a community, especially for people from a different background.
2. The act of combining separate parts into a single whole.
3. In mathematics, the operation of finding the integral of a function.

## Examples
- The government introduced language classes to help with the integration of new immigrants.
- The merger required the integration of two very different computer systems.
- Integration is one of the two main operations studied in calculus.

## Derived Forms
- autointegration
- biointegration
- cointegration
- integrational
- integrationism
- integrationist
- malintegration
- misintegration
- osseointegration
- perintegration
- postintegration
- preintegration

## Related Forms
- integer
- integrable
- integral
- integrand
- integrate
- integrator

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: intégration
- Root: integratio

## Etymology
From French intégration, from Latin integratio. Morphologically integrate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Integration is from French intégration, from Latin integratio. Morphologically integrate + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include intégration (French) and integratio (Latin). Current senses include the process of becoming a full, accepted part of a community, especially for people from a different background and the act of combining separate parts into a single whole. The wider family includes derived forms such as autointegration, biointegration, cointegration, integrational, and integrationism; related words such as integer, integrable, integral, and integrand.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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