different between synthesize vs integrate

English

Alternative forms

• synthesise (UK)

Etymology

synthesis +? -ize. First attested in 1830.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?n??sa?z/

Verb

synthesize (third-person singular simple present synthesizes, present participle synthesizing, simple past and past participle synthesized)

1. (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
2. (intransitive, of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
3. (transitive, chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
4. (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.

Derived terms

• photosynthesize
• synthesizer

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