integration
/ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.22 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of combining with compatible elements in order to incorporate them.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.
American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The development of a system that brings together several subsystems so that they communicate and work together.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "One has, in fact, the old choice of regarding the higher integrations as queer offthrows of an infinitely improbable lower-order accident, or as the explanatory foundation of all that leads up to them."
- "integration into the city"
- "The integration and differentiation of vital function on the one hand, and the preparation and composition of food-material on the other hand form — as we will become fully aware further on — the two great divisions in the subject-matter of the science of organization, divisions corresponding to the fundamental biplicity of all advanced organization, its animal and its vegetative life."
- "Our AcmePay integration allows the accounting ledger to receive details of customer payments automatically."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage