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integrative

/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪ.tɪv/US/ˈɪn.təˌɡɹeɪ.tɪv/

integrative adjective: tending toward or promoting integration.

Adjective

integrative (comparative more integrative, superlative most integrative)

  1. Tending toward or promoting integration.
    • an integrative approach
    • Objective 1: Conduct integrative taxonomic research on adult and immature moths that incorporate morphological and molecular data to describe species and inform their phylogeny and classification.(Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, SYSTEMATICS OF HYPER-DIVERSE MOTH SUPERFAMILIES, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL PESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES, BIOLOGICAL CONTROL...

Forms of integrative

comparativemore integrative
superlativemost integrative

Origin of integrative

From integrate + -ive.

Words formed from integrative

Phrases with integrative

Questions about integrative

What does integrative mean?
Integrative means tending toward or promoting integration.
What part of speech is integrative?
Integrative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce integrative?
Integrative is pronounced /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪ.tɪv/ (UK).

Words near integrative in the dictionary

  1. integrationist
  2. integrationistic
  3. integrationists
  4. integrations
  5. integrations by parts
  6. integrative
  7. integrative medicine
  8. integrative medicines
  9. integratively
  10. integrativeness
  11. integrativism

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