Integrating

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The act of bringing together diverse elements to form a single, harmonious entity
2. The process of unifying separate components to create a functional whole
3. The process of merging different elements to create a cohesive and unified system

Etymology: "Integrating" is the present participle of "integrate," and its story starts with a Latin verb meaning to make whole. Latin "integrō" meant to renew, repair, or begin again, and it was built from "integer," meaning whole or fresh, which is also the source of the English "integer," a whole number. The adjective "integrate," meaning intact or whole, entered English in the 1450s, and the verb followed in 1638. The verb's sense of bringing separate parts into a single whole grows directly from that Latin root. A thing that is integrated has been restored to completeness, with its pieces joined so that none is left out. The same idea of wholeness sits behind "integral," which shares the Latin root and still describes parts essential to a complete thing.

Synonyms: combining, merging, unifying, blending, fusing

Antonyms: separating, dividing, isolating, disjoining, disconnecting