Meaning & use

integration

noun·Academic

The process of combining separate parts into a unified whole, or of bringing groups together as equals.

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The school's integration policy aims to bring students from every neighborhood together in one classroom.

Engineers worked for months on the integration of the new software with existing systems.

A note on using this word

Integration often refers to social equality between groups, but it is equally common in business and technology to describe merging systems.

Words with a similar meaning

combinationunification

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Words with an opposite meaning

segregationseparation

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