different between desegregate vs integrate

English

Etymology

de- +? segregate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /di??s?????e?t/

Verb

desegregate (third-person singular simple present desegregates, present participle desegregating, simple past and past participle desegregated)

1. (transitive) To the end segregation of (something).

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin integr?tus, perfect participle of integr? (“I make whole, I renew, I repair, I begin again”), from integer (“whole, fresh”); see integer, integral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt???e?t/

Verb

integrate (third-person singular simple present integrates, present participle integrating, simple past and past participle integrated)

1. To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
2. To include as a constituent part or functionality.

3. To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.
4. (mathematics) To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of an equation.
5. To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.

   Antonym: segregate
6. (genetics) To combine compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

Synonyms

• (form into one whole): embody, fuse, merge; see also Thesaurus:coalesce
• (include as a constituent part): assimilate, incorporate, swallow; see also Thesaurus:integrate

Related terms

• integration

Translations

Anagrams

• argentite, ganterite

Italian

Verb

integrate

1. inflection of integrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative
2. feminine plural of integrato

Anagrams

• attingere
• reginetta

Latin

Participle

integr?te

1. vocative masculine singular of integr?tus