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English
Etymology
From + .
Adjective
In the Context of
integrated
in a
close
and
firm
manner
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
integrated \integrated\ adj.
1. Formed or united into a whole.
Syn: incorporate, incorporated, merged, unified.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Formed into a whole or introduced into another entity; as,
an integrated Europe. Opposite of
nonintegrated
.
[Narrower terms:
coordinated
,
interconnected
,
unified
;
embedded
;
incorporated
;
tight-knit
,
tightly knit
]
a more closely integrated economic and political
system --Dwight D.
Eisenhower
[WordNet 1.5]
3. Having different groups treated together as equals in one
group; as, racially integrated schools. [Narrower terms:
co-ed, coeducational
; {desegrated, nonsegregated,
unsegregated};
interracial
;
mainstreamed
] Also See:
integrative
,
joint
,
united
. Antonym:
segregated
.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
4. Resembling a living organism in organization or
development. [Narrower terms:
organic
(vs. inorganic)]
Syn: structured.
[WordNet 1.5]
5. combined. Opposite of
uncombined
.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
6. having constituent parts mixed to form a single unit.
Opposite of
unmixed
. [Narrower terms:
blended[2]
]
Syn: amalgamated, intermingled, mixed.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
WordNet
tight-knit
adj : closely and firmly integrated; "a tight-knit organization"
[syn:
tightly knit
]
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