Definition of 'incorporate'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense incorporates
, present participle incorporating
, past tense, past participle incorporated
1. verb
If one thing incorporates another thing, it includes the other thing.
[formal]
2. verb
If someone or something is incorporated into a large group, system, or area, they become a part of it.
[formal] The agreement would allow the rebels to be incorporated into a new national police
force. [be VERB-ed + into]
The party vowed to incorporate environmental considerations into all its policies. [VERB noun + into]
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incorporate in British English 1
verb (ɪnˈkɔːpəˌreɪt
)
3.
to form (individuals, an unincorporated enterprise, etc) into a corporation or other organization with a separate legal identity from that of its owners or members
adjective (ɪnˈkɔːpərɪt
, -prɪt
)
4.
combined into a whole; incorporated
5.
formed into or constituted as a corporation
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Derived forms
incorporative (inˈcorporative) adjective
incorporation (inˌcorpoˈration)
noun
Word origin
C14 (in the sense: put into the body of something else): from Late Latin incorporāre to embody, from Latin in-2 + corpus body
Word Frequency
incorporate in British English 2
adjective
an archaic word for incorporeal
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Word origin
C16: from Late Latin incorporātus, from Latin in-1 + corporātus furnished with a body
Word Frequency
incorporate in American English 1
adjective
verb transitiveWord forms: inˈcorpoˌrated or inˈcorpoˌrating
4.
to admit into a corporation or association as a member
5.
to form (individuals or units) into a legally organized group that acts as one individual; form into a corporation
6.
to give substantial, material, or physical form to
verb intransitive
7.
to unite or combine into a single whole; be combined or merged
8.
to form a corporation
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Derived forms
incorporation (inˌcorpoˈration)
noun
Word Frequency
incorporate in American English 2
adjective
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Word Frequency
incorporate in American English 1
(verb ɪnˈkɔrpəˌreit, adjective ɪnˈkɔrpərɪt, -prɪt) (verb -rated, -rating)
transitive verb
1.
to form into a legal corporation
2.
to incorporate revisions into a text
3.
to take in or include as a part or parts, as the body or a mass does
His book incorporates his earlier essay
4.
to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients
5.
to embody
His book incorporates all his thinking on the subject
6.
to form into a society or organization
intransitive verb
7.
to form a legal corporation
8.
to unite or combine so as to form one body
adjective
SYNONYMS 4. embody, assimilate.10.
combined into one body, mass, or substance
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Derived forms
incorporation noun
incorporative
adjective
Word Frequency
incorporate in American English 2
(ɪnˈkɔrpərɪt, -prɪt)
adjective
archaic
not embodied; incorporeal
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incorporate
British English: incorporate
/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt/ VERB
If one thing incorporates another thing, it includes the other thing.
The new cars will incorporate a number of major improvements.
- American English: incorporate /ɪnˈkɔrpəreɪt/
- Brazilian Portuguese: incorporar
- Chinese: 包含
- European Spanish: incorporar
- French: comprendre
- German: enthalten
- Italian: includere
- Japanese: 取り入れる
- Korean: 포함하다
- European Portuguese: incorporar
- Latin American Spanish: incorporar
- Thai: รวมเข้าไว้, ผนวก
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