incorporate

B2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/ UK /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #19130

Meanings

1

verb
To include something as a part of a larger whole.

I incorporated their suggestions into the proposal.
2

verb
To mix one thing into another until they blend together.

Gently incorporate the flour into the butter until smooth.
3

verb
To form a business into a legal company.

The company was incorporated in 1980.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to include something as a... integrate absorb assimilate subsume

Opposites

corporate corporeal

Word family

Forms incorporatedincorporatesincorporating

Derived forms bioincorporatedisincorporateincorporatedincorporativeincorporatormisincorporatepreincorporatereincorporateunincorporate

Simplified etymology

Incorporate is a late Middle English word derived ultimately from Latin corpus “body.”

Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).

*krep- Proto-Indo-European incorporātus la-lat

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# incorporate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 19130

## Meanings
1. To include something as a part of a larger whole.
2. To mix one thing into another until they blend together.
3. To form a business into a legal company.

## Examples
- I incorporated their suggestions into the proposal.
- Gently incorporate the flour into the butter until smooth.
- The company was incorporated in 1980.

## Antonyms
- corporate
- corporeal

## Derived Forms
- bioincorporate
- disincorporate
- incorporated
- incorporative
- incorporator
- misincorporate
- preincorporate
- reincorporate
- unincorporate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krep-
- Root: incorporātus

## Etymology
From Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”).

## AI Etymology
Incorporate comes from Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, perfect passive participle of incorporō (“to embody, to incorporate”), from in- (“in”) + corpus, corporis (“body”). The historical chain includes *krep- (Proto-Indo-European) and incorporātus (Late Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as bioincorporate, disincorporate, incorporated, and incorporative. In present use it covers to include something as a part of a larger whole, to mix one thing into another until they blend together, and to form a business into a legal company.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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