In general use, 'integrated' means composed of distinct parts combined into a unified, functioning whole. In a specifically American civil rights context, 'integrated' describes spaces, institutions, or communities that are racially mixed and open to people of all races — the opposite of segregated. The racial sense became prominent in US discourse from the mid-20th century during and after the Civil Rights Movement, describing schools, neighborhoods, and public facilities that admitted both Black and white Americans. Both senses are in active standard English use.
The school became fully integrated in 1971 after years of legal battles and community organizing.
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composed and coordinated to form a whole.
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(US) characterized by racial integration.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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