integration
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Definition of integration
1
: the act or process or an instance of integrating: such as
a
: incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of different groups (such as races)
b
: coordination of mental processes into a normal effective personality or with the environment
2a
: the operation of finding a function whose differential is known
b
: the operation of solving a differential equation
Examples of integration in a Sentence
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The district is using a variety of strategies to promote integration, including prioritizing low-income students at certain schools and giving out more bus passes to high school students who need to cross town, Cordova said. — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, "More than half of Denver’s public schools are segregated, 25 years after busing ended," 8 Sep. 2019 This social integration usually makes for tension — the cynical version of realism — in films by Sidney Lumet, Spike Lee, and Martin Scorsese. — Armond White, National Review, "Bottom of the 9th: Sympathy for the Underdog," 6 Sep. 2019 Toast Kitchen in Costa Mesa to donate proceeds to nonprofit Toast Kitchen + Bakery in Costa Mesa is donating 10% of its proceeds throughout September to Trellis, a nonprofit that addresses homelessness, literacy and cultural integration. — Daily Pilot, "Biz News: Von Hemert Interiors closing with retirement sale after 99 years," 6 Sep. 2019 Though the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict is far from being solved, Israel’s Palestinian citizens (unlike their brothers living without political rights under military occupation in the West Bank) have more to gain from integration. — The Economist, "Israel’s Arab citizens could hold the key to political change," 5 Sep. 2019 Most Golf models are also respectably equipped with modern features such as Apple CarPlay and Android Auto smartphone integration. — Washington Post, "Edmunds: Best used vehicles for college drivers," 4 Sep. 2019 Beyond Navas, there's Icardi, whose integration should go one of two ways. — Avi Creditor, SI.com, "The Top 10 Summer Transfer Window Classes Around Europe," 3 Sep. 2019 Some hospital systems need satellite integration to function, too. — Deanna Paul, Anchorage Daily News, "Space: The final legal frontier," 1 Sep. 2019 Significant European and Euro-Atlantic integration followed, as well as a crackdown on corruption and heavy government spending on construction and development. — Natasha Frost, Quartzy, "What’s behind a stratospheric tourism boom in the tiny European nation of Georgia," 31 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'integration.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for integration
integration
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Kids Definition of integration
1
: the act or process of uniting different things
2
: the practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights
racial integration
integration
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Medical Definition of integration
: the combining and coordinating of separate parts or elements into a unified whole: as
a
: coordination of mental processes into a normal effective personality or with the individual's environment
failure of association and failure of integration take place among neurotic individuals— R. M. Dorcus & G. W. Shaffer
b
: the process by which the different parts of an organism are made a functional and structural whole especially through the activity of the nervous system and of hormones
integration
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Legal Definition of integration
: the act or process or an instance of integrating: as
a
: a writing that embodies a complete and final agreement between parties
b
: incorporation as equals into society or an organization of individuals of different groups (as races)
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