{
    "term": "integration",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act or process of combining two or more things so that they work together",
            "sensetop": "integration of A and/with B",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The aim is to promote closer economic integration."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His music is an integration of tradition and new technology.",
                    "contextForm": "integration of A and/with B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a milestone in the process of European integration"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a move towards greater internal integration in Europe"
                },
                {
                    "text": "economic integration within the three communities"
                },
                {
                    "text": "integration between research and higher education"
                },
                {
                    "text": "policies designed to promote global economic integration"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["true", "complete", "full"],
                "… of integration": ["degree", "level"],
                "verb + integration": ["achieve", "bring about", "accelerate"],
                "preposition": [
                    "integration between",
                    "integration into",
                    "integration with"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a move towards/​toward integration",
                    "a need for integration",
                    "a process of integration"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act or process of mixing people who have previously been separated, usually because of colour, race, religion, etc.",
            "sensetop": "integration (of somebody) into something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "racial integration in schools"
                },
                {
                    "text": "measures to promote the social integration of people with learning difficulties"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the use of sport to facilitate the integration of child refugees into society",
                    "contextForm": "integration (of somebody) into something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["true", "complete", "full"],
                "… of integration": ["degree", "level"],
                "verb + integration": ["achieve", "bring about", "accelerate"],
                "preposition": [
                    "integration between",
                    "integration into",
                    "integration with"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "a move towards/​toward integration",
                    "a need for integration",
                    "a process of integration"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/integration/integration__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/integration/integration__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin integratio(n-), from the verb integrare, from integer ‘whole’, from in- (expressing negation) + the root of tangere ‘to touch’."
}