What does integrate mean?
Word: Integrate
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Integrate means to join different parts so that they work together as a whole; also to help a person become a full member of a group.
Synonyms: combine, merge, unite, blend
Antonyms: divide, isolate
How do you spell integrate?
Syllables: in - te - grate
Tricky part: Many people say intergrate, slipping in an extra r sound before the g. The only r comes after the g.
Watch out for: intergrate, integrat, integreat
Memory tip: Integrate has only one r, and it comes after the g, in grate. Say grate clearly at the end and keep the start free of r.
Integrate in a sentence
Example 1: The new app integrates bus and metro tickets into one card.
Example 2: Our teacher integrates songs into her Hindi lessons.
Example 3: It took the new family a few months to integrate into the neighbourhood.
Fun Fact
The tiny chips inside phones and computers are called integrated circuits, because millions, or even billions, of tiny parts are built together on one small piece of silicon.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word integrate as used in the sentence:
The school tries to integrate new students into their classes within a week.
a) support
b) welcome
c) separate
d) include
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c) separate. To integrate is to bring people in; to separate is to keep them apart.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
The new head teacher wants to intigrate art and music into every science lesson this term.
a) teacher
b) music
c) intigrate
d) science
Show answer
c) intigrate. Like integer, the word has an e after int; an i there is the slip.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word:
1. negociate 2. apreciate 3. elaberate 4. integrate
a) to value something or be grateful for it
b) to bring parts together into one unit
c) to talk with others to reach an agreement
d) to explain something in more detail
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b) to bring parts together into one unit. Negociate uses a c for a t, apreciate needs a second p and elaberate has an e where an o belongs.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Our class project will erngattie maps, photos and interviews into one display.
a) instigate
b) intricate
c) integrate
d) intimate
Show answer
c) integrate. The jumble holds a g and an r but no c, s or m, which leaves integrate.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When a new pupil is integrated into a class, she ____.
a) is asked to sit apart
b) is given extra homework
c) is moved to another class
d) fits in as one of the group
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d) fits in as one of the group
2. A city that integrates buses, trains and the metro into one system is ____ them.
a) shutting down
b) selling off
c) slowing down
d) bringing together
Show answer
d) bringing together
