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integration

noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
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  • Australian: /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹæɪ.ʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of making whole or entire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of combining with compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: society

Examples

  • integration into the city

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.

Ellipsis of racial integration.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Qualifier: society

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The operation of finding the integral of a function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The development of a system that brings together several subsystems so that they communicate and work together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

Examples

  • Our AcmePay integration allows the accounting ledger to receive details of customer payments automatically.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation

9

noun

Meaning 9

the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: integrating, desegregation

Antonyms: segregation

Broader terms: group action

10

noun

Meaning 10

the act of combining into an integral whole

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a consolidation of two corporations
  • after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously
  • the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consolidation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: combination, combining, compounding

Narrower terms: centralization, centralisation, incorporation, amalgamation, merger, uniting, vertical integration, vertical combination, horizontal integration, horizontal combination

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: інтэгра́цыя (intehrácyja) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Bulgarian: интегра́ция (integrácija) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 融合 (rónghé) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Chinese Mandarin: 統合 /统合 (tǒnghé) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Czech: integrace — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Dutch: integratie — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Finnish: integraatio — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Finnish: yhdentyminen — act or process of making whole or entire
  • French: intégration — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Georgian: ინტეგრაცია (inṭegracia) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • German: Integration — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Hindi: एकीकरण (ekīkraṇ) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Indonesian: perpaduan — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Indonesian: integrasi — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Japanese: 統合 (tōgō) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Japanese: 融合 (yūgō) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Korean: 통합 (tonghap) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Korean: 융합 (yunghap) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Northern Kurdish: tekûzkarî — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Macedonian: интеграција (integracija) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: integrering — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: integrasjon — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: integrering — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: integrasjon — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Persian: ادغام (edġâm) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Persian: درهمیدن — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Persian: درهمش — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Polish: integracja — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Portuguese: integração — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Romanian: integrare — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Russian: интегра́ция (intɛgrácija) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Serbo-Croatian: интегра́ција — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Serbo-Croatian: integrácija — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Slovak: integrácia — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Slovene: integracija — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Spanish: integración — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Ukrainian: інтегра́ція (intehrácija) — act or process of making whole or entire
  • Basque: bertakotze — process of fitting into a community
  • Belarusian: інтэгра́цыя (intehrácyja) — process of fitting into a community
  • Bulgarian: интегра́ция (integrácija) — process of fitting into a community
  • Chinese Mandarin: 融合 (rónghé) — process of fitting into a community
  • Chinese Mandarin: 統合 /统合 (tǒnghé) — process of fitting into a community
  • Czech: integrace — process of fitting into a community
  • Dutch: inburgering — process of fitting into a community
  • Dutch: integratie — process of fitting into a community
  • Estonian: integratsioon — process of fitting into a community
  • Finnish: integraatio — process of fitting into a community
  • Finnish: kotoutuminen — process of fitting into a community
  • French: intégration — process of fitting into a community
  • Georgian: ინტეგრაცია (inṭegracia) — process of fitting into a community
  • German: Integration — process of fitting into a community
  • Indonesian: integrasi — process of fitting into a community
  • Italian: integrazione — process of fitting into a community
  • Japanese: 統合 (tōgō) — process of fitting into a community
  • Japanese: 融合 (yūgō) — process of fitting into a community
  • Kazakh: бірігу (bırıgu) — process of fitting into a community
  • Kazakh: біріктіру (bırıktıru) — process of fitting into a community
  • Korean: 통합 (tonghap) — process of fitting into a community
  • Korean: 융합 (yunghap) — process of fitting into a community
  • Northern Kurdish: entegrasyon — process of fitting into a community
  • Latvian: integrācija — process of fitting into a community
  • Lithuanian: integracija — process of fitting into a community
  • Macedonian: интеграција (integracija) — process of fitting into a community
  • Norwegian Bokmål: integrering — process of fitting into a community
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: integrering — process of fitting into a community
  • Persian: ادغامیدن — process of fitting into a community
  • Persian: ادغامش — process of fitting into a community
  • Polish: integracja — process of fitting into a community
  • Portuguese: integração — process of fitting into a community
  • Romanian: integrare — process of fitting into a community
  • Russian: интегра́ция (intɛgrácija) — process of fitting into a community
  • Serbo-Croatian: интегра́ција — process of fitting into a community
  • Serbo-Croatian: integrácija — process of fitting into a community
  • Slovak: integrácia — process of fitting into a community
  • Slovene: integracija — process of fitting into a community
  • Spanish: integración — process of fitting into a community
  • Swedish: integration — process of fitting into a community
  • Ukrainian: інтегра́ція (intehrácija) — process of fitting into a community
  • Arabic: مُكَامَلَة (mukāmala) — in mathematics
  • Asturian: integración — in mathematics
  • Basque: integrazio — in mathematics
  • Bulgarian: интегри́ране (integrírane) — in mathematics
  • Catalan: integració — in mathematics
  • Chinese Mandarin: 積分 /积分 (jīfēn) — in mathematics
  • Czech: integrace — in mathematics
  • Dutch: integratie — in mathematics
  • Dutch: integraalrekening — in mathematics
  • Esperanto: integrado — in mathematics
  • Esperanto: integralado — in mathematics
  • Finnish: integrointi — in mathematics
  • French: intégration — in mathematics
  • Galician: integración — in mathematics
  • German: Integration — in mathematics
  • Greek: ολοκλήρωση (oloklírosi) — in mathematics
  • Gujarati: સંકલન (saṅklan) — in mathematics
  • Hindi: समाकलन (samāklan) — in mathematics
  • Hungarian: integrálás — in mathematics
  • Italian: integrazione — in mathematics
  • Japanese: 積分 (sekibun) — in mathematics
  • Korean: 적분 (jeokbun) — in mathematics
  • Malayalam: സമാകലനം (samākalanaṁ) — in mathematics
  • Māori: pāwhaitua — in mathematics
  • Norwegian Bokmål: integrasjon — in mathematics
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: integrasjon — in mathematics
  • Persian: برهمیدن — in mathematics
  • Persian: انتگرالگیری — in mathematics
  • Polish: całkowanie — in mathematics
  • Portuguese: integração — in mathematics
  • Russian: интегри́рование (intɛgrírovanije) — in mathematics
  • Spanish: integración — in mathematics
  • Swedish: integration — in mathematics
  • Swedish: integrering — in mathematics
  • Tagalog: paglagom — in mathematics
  • Bulgarian: интеграция (integracija) — in evolution
  • Dutch: integratie — in evolution
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