Integrity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting

moral soundness

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪntˈɛɡɹᵻɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/ɪntˈɛɡɹɪti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɪntˈɛɡɹɪti/

4 syllables Say it as /ɪntˈɛɡɹᵻɾi/.

Examples

the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development
he took measures to insure the territorial unity of Croatia
he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

wholeness unity

Parts of Speech

noun	an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting “the integrity of the nervous system is required for normal development”
noun	moral soundness “he expects to find in us the common honesty and integrity of men of business”

Word Forms

whole

adjective

acting together as a single undiversified whole

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Integrität

eine ungeteilte oder ungebrochene Vollständigkeit oder Totalität, in der nichts fehlt

🇫🇷French

intégrité

une complétude ou une totalité indivise ou ininterrompue sans rien manquer

🇪🇸Spanish

integridad

una integridad o totalidad indivisa o ininterrumpida sin que nada falte

🇮🇹Italian

integrità

una completezza o totalità indivisa o ininterrotta senza nulla da mancare

🇳🇱Dutch

integriteit

een onverdeelde of ononderbroken volledigheid of totaliteit waaraan niets ontbreekt

🇵🇹Portuguese

integridade

uma completude ou totalidade indivisa ou ininterrupta sem nada querer

🇷🇺Russian

честность

неделимая или непрерывная полнота или тотальность, в которой нет ничего лишнего

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अखंडता

एक अविभाजित या अखण्ड पूर्णता या समग्रता जिसमें कुछ भी कमी न हो

🇧🇩Bengali

সততা

একটি অবিভক্ত বা অবিচ্ছিন্ন সম্পূর্ণতা বা সম্পূর্ণতা যা কিছুই চায় না

🇮🇳Tamil

ஒருமைப்பாடு

பிரிக்கப்படாத அல்லது உடைக்கப்படாத முழுமை அல்லது எதுவும் விரும்பாத முழுமை

🇮🇳Telugu

సమగ్రత

ఏమీ కోరుకోని అవిభక్త లేదా పగలని సంపూర్ణత లేదా సంపూర్ణత

🇮🇳Marathi

अखंडता

अविभाजित किंवा अखंड पूर्णता किंवा काहीही नको असलेली संपूर्णता

🇮🇳Gujarati

અખંડિતતા

અવિભાજિત અથવા અખંડ પૂર્ણતા અથવા કંઈપણ ઇચ્છિત વિના સંપૂર્ણતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಮಗ್ರತೆ

ಯಾವುದನ್ನೂ ಬಯಸದ ಅವಿಭಜಿತ ಅಥವಾ ಮುರಿಯದ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣತೆ ಅಥವಾ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സമഗ്രത

അവിഭാജ്യമോ അഖണ്ഡമോ ആയ പൂർണ്ണത അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഒന്നും ആഗ്രഹിക്കാത്ത സമ്പൂർണ്ണത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਇਮਾਨਦਾਰੀ

ਇੱਕ ਅਣਵੰਡਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਅਟੁੱਟ ਸੰਪੂਰਨਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਸੰਪੂਰਨਤਾ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

سالمیت

ایک غیر منقسم یا غیر منقسم مکمل یا مکملیت جس میں کچھ بھی نہیں ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

正直

没有任何缺陷的不可分割或完整的完整性或整体性

🇯🇵Japanese

誠実さ

分割されていない、または壊れていない完全性、または何も不足していない全体性

🇰🇷Korean

진실성

아무것도 부족하지 않은 분할되지 않은 완전성 또는 총체성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chính trực

một sự trọn vẹn hoặc tổng thể không phân chia hoặc không gián đoạn mà không thiếu thứ gì

🇹🇭Thai

ความซื่อสัตย์

ความครบถ้วนสมบูรณ์หรือครบถ้วนไม่มีการแบ่งแยกหรือขาดตกบกพร่องซึ่งไม่มีอะไรต้องการ

🇮🇩Indonesian

integritas

kelengkapan atau totalitas yang tidak terbagi atau tidak terputus tanpa kekurangan apa pun

🇵🇭Filipino

integridad

isang hindi nahahati o walang patid na pagkakumpleto o kabuuan na walang kulang

🇲🇾Malay

integriti

kesempurnaan yang tidak berbelah bahagi atau tidak terputus atau keseluruhan dengan tiada yang mahu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نزاهة

اكتمال أو كلية غير مقسمة أو غير منقطعة مع عدم وجود شيء

🇮🇷Persian

یکپارچگی

یک تمامیت یا کلیت تقسیم ناپذیر یا ناگسستنی بدون هیچ چیزی

🇹🇷Turkish

bütünlük

hiçbir şeyin eksik olmadığı bölünmemiş veya kesintisiz bir bütünlük veya bütünlük

🇮🇱Hebrew

שְׁלֵמוּת

שלמות או טוטאליות בלתי מחולקת או בלתי מנותקת ללא שום דבר חסר

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