Integrating

How to spell integrating

11 letters · 4 syllables

How to pronounce integrating

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does integrating mean?

1. verbCombining separate parts or elements into a single unified whole.
2. verbFinding the integral of a function, the inverse operation to differentiation in calculus.

Integrating in a sentence

• The company is integrating the new payroll software into its existing systems.

• Integrating the velocity function over time gives the total distance travelled.

• Integrating feedback from early users improved the final product.

• The lecturer demonstrated integrating a polynomial step by step.

Where does integrating come from?

Language of origin: Latin

This word descends from the Latin verb integrare, meaning 'to make whole' or 'to renew', which was built on the adjective integer, literally 'untouched' or 'whole', from in- 'not' plus a root related to tangere 'to touch'. The same integer root gives us the mathematical 'integer' (a whole number) and the everyday word 'integrity' (wholeness of character). English adopted 'integrate' in the early 1600s, first in the sense of making something complete by adding the missing parts, and later in the modern sense of blending separate elements into a unified whole. The present participle 'integrating' simply adds the -ing ending. Knowing the integer 'whole' root helps fix the spelling, since the middle is -tegr- (think integer), not -terg- or -tigr-.

How the word is built

• integr- (from Latin integer: whole, untouched)
• -ate (verb-forming suffix)
• -ing (present participle)