integrated.

1. Bringing social groups together in shared places or institutions rather than keeping them segregated.

2. Coordinated to function together as one system, said of services or networks.

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Words that belong together

• integrated neighborhood
• integrated community
• integrated transport system

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The integrated neighborhood shared schools that had once served separate groups.

An integrated transport system let passengers change routes on one ticket.

She asked whether the supposedly integrated community offered everyone equal influence.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. For communities, often means groups share institutions or spaces; presence alone does not guarantee equal treatment. For networks, means coordinated functioning. Comparative: more integrated; superlative: most integrated. Participial source verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: integrate, integrates, integrated, integrated, integrating. Record these as same-lexeme form aliases, not additional vocabulary entries.