integrator

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈɪntəˌɡreɪtɚ/ UK /ˈɪntɪɡreɪtə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a person or device that combines separate parts into a unified whole

The firm acts as a systems integrator, knitting the vendors' software together.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person or device that... unifiercoordinator combinersynthesizer

Opposites

dividerseparator

Word family

Related forms integrate integration integral integrity

Etymology

From integrate + -or; integrate derives from Latin integratus, past participle of integrare ('to make whole, renew'), from integer ('whole').

integrare Latin integer Latin

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People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives

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# integrator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪntəˌɡreɪtɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪntɪɡreɪtə/

## Meanings
1. a person or device that combines separate parts into a unified whole

## Examples
- The firm acts as a systems integrator, knitting the vendors' software together.

## Synonyms
- unifier
- coordinator
- combiner
- synthesizer

## Antonyms
- divider
- separator

## Related Forms
- integrate
- integration
- integral
- integrity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: integrare
- Root: integer

## Etymology
From integrate + -or; integrate derives from Latin integratus, past participle of integrare ('to make whole, renew'), from integer ('whole').

## AI Etymology
integrator comes from integrate + -or; integrate derives from Latin integratus, past participle of integrare ('to make whole, renew'), from integer ('whole'). Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the noun sense is "a person or device that combines separate parts into a unified whole", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as integrate, integration, integral, and integrity. Its semantic neighborhood includes unifier, coordinator, combiner, and synthesizer, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin integrare and Latin integer.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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