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incorporate

in·cor·po·rate

incorporate

 
 
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transitive verb, intransitive verb, adjective
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part of speech: transitive verb
pronunciation: In kor p reIt
inflections: incorporates, incorporating, incorporated
definition 1: to include or blend into a larger thing that already exists.
I'll incorporate your suggestions into my report.She incorporated the leftover meat and vegetables into the stew.
 
similar words:
assimilate, blend, embody, include, weave
definition 2: in law, to form into a corporation.
The couple decided to incorporate their home business.
definition 3: to give physical form to.
The sunset over the white sandy beach incorporated all her ideas of romance.
similar words:
embody, materialize
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
pronunciation: In kor p reIt
definition: in law, to become a corporation.
The company incorporated in 1932.
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adverb + (v.)incorporate explicitly, formally, fully, gradually, readily, successfully, thoroughly
(v.)incorporate + nounHelp activity, aspect, assessment, classroom, component, compost, concept, criteria, curriculum, design, diversity, element, exercise, feature, feedback, fitness, imagery, ingredient, innovation, input, insight, learning, lesson, material, mechanism, mixture, motif, perspective, planning, prevention, principle, procedure, provision, recommendation, reference, routine, sculpture, software, strategy, suggestion, teaching, technique, technology, theme, training, variety [See all][See only the most frequent]
 
part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: In kor p reIt [or] In kor p riht [or] In kor priht
definition: incorporated, as a business.
derivations: incorporated (adj.), incorporative (adj.), incorporation (n.)
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The word incorporate contains the following parts:
corp, corpo, corpor, corpus Latin root that means body
-ate1 Latin verb-forming suffix that means to make, cause, do
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The suffix -ate primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).