{
    "term": "integrate",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "integrate",
            "heSheIt": "integrates"
        },
        "pastSimple": "integrated",
        "pastParticiple": "integrated",
        "ingForm": "integrating"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to combine two or more things so that they work together; to combine with something else in this way",
            "sensetop": "integrate into/with somethingintegrate A (into/with B)integrate A and B",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "These programs will integrate with your existing software.",
                    "contextForm": "integrate into/with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These programs can be integrated with your existing software.",
                    "contextForm": "integrate A (into/with B)integrate A and B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The department has successfully integrated new ideas into the traditional course structure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results should be integrated into the final report."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They called for the defence system to be more closely integrated."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This computer program can be integrated with existing programs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He proposes to integrate our reserve forces more closely with the regular forces."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["closely", "tightly", "well"],
                "preposition": ["into", "with"],
                "phrases": ["highly integrated", "poorly integrated"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to become or make somebody become accepted as a member of a social group, especially when they come from a different culture",
            "sensetop": "integrate (into/with something)integrate somebody (into/with something)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They have not made any effort to integrate with the local community.",
                    "contextForm": "integrate (into/with something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The policy is to integrate children with special needs into ordinary schools.",
                    "contextForm": "integrate somebody (into/with something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lower primary pupils are well integrated into the life of the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They didn't integrate with the other children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They soon became fully integrated into the local community."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["well", "completely", "fully"],
                "preposition": ["into", "with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪt/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrate__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪts/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrates__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrated__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrating__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪt/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrate__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪts/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrates__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrated__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɪntɪɡreɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/integrate/integrating__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from Latin integrat- ‘made whole’, from the verb integrare, from integer ‘whole’, from in- (expressing negation) + the root of tangere ‘to touch’. Compare with integral and integrity."
}