incorporate

B2 Topic:Business & Commerce
US /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/ UK /ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/
verb adj Freq #19130

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To include something as a part of a larger whole.

    I incorporated their suggestions into the proposal.

  2. 2
    verb

    To mix one thing into another until they blend together.

    Gently incorporate the flour into the butter until smooth.

  3. 3
    verb

    To form a business into a legal company.

    The company was incorporated in 1980.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to include something as a... integrateabsorbassimilatesubsume
Opposites
Word family
Forms incorporatedincorporatesincorporating
Derived forms bioincorporatedisincorporateincorporatedincorporativeincorporatormisincorporatepreincorporatereincorporateunincorporate

Etymology

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

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