integrating
Noun: 1. The action or process of combining one thing with another so that they become a whole. This is the general meaning, referring to the act of making separate elements function together as a unified system. 2. Specifically, the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community, ending segregation and promoting equal participation. This meaning focuses on social inclusion, particularly in historical or sociological contexts.
The noun "integrating" describes the ongoing action or the overall process of bringing parts together. It is often used in formal, academic, or technical contexts. * It can be the subject of a sentence (e.g., "Integrating is essential."). * It can be the object of a verb or preposition (e.g., "They focused on integrating.").
- General Meaning:
- The integrating of the new software with our existing systems took several months.
- Successful team management requires the smooth integrating of diverse skills and personalities.
- Social Meaning:
- The policy was aimed at the integrating of all ethnic groups into the national education system.
- The civil rights movement fought for the integrating of public facilities.
- "Integrating" vs. "Integration": While very similar, "integrating" often emphasizes the , whereas "integration" can refer to both the process and the resulting of unity. For example: "The integrating (process) of the departments led to successful integration (state)."
- In mathematics and calculus, "integrating" refers specifically to the operation of finding an integral.
- Integrate (verb): To combine one thing with another to form a whole. (e.g., )
- Integration (noun): The process or result of integrating. (e.g., )
- Integral (adjective): Necessary to make a whole complete; fundamental. (e.g., )
- Integrated (adjective): Describing something that has been combined into a unified whole. (e.g., )
- Incorporation: The inclusion of something as part of a whole.
- Assimilation: The process of fully understanding or absorbing information or groups into a system.
- Unification: The process of being united or made into a whole.
- Merging: Combining or causing to combine to form a single entity.
- Segregation: The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
- Separation: The process of moving or being moved apart.
- Division: The action of separating something into parts.
- Disintegration: The process of losing cohesion or strength.
- the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community