integration

5 definitions • 12 examples

the action or process of successfully joining or mixing with a different group of people:

racial/cultural integration

To promote integration, several schools' catchment areas were merged.

the action or process of combining two or more things in an effective way:

He creates a seamless integration of contemporary and historic images.

The heads of government were trying to encourage regional integration.

the process of calculating the integral of a function:

Integration can be used to find areas, volumes, central points, and many other useful things in addition to finding the area under the graph of a function.

the process of combining two or more things into one:

integration across sth We need to reduce the differences between local units, with the aim of greater integration across markets.

integration between sth and sth How can we achieve a higher level of integration between our company and our supply-chain partners?

integration into sth The book examines China's integration into the global economy.

integration (of sth) with sth One of the company's weaknesses is poor integration of business processes with information systems.

close/smooth/total integration The new database will mean smoother integration with suppliers.

the process of becoming part of a group of people:

integration (of sb) into sth The purpose of the induction program is to encourage the integration of new staff into the team.

integration with sth The manager assesses other aspects of a new employee's development, such as social integration with colleagues.