incorporate
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to form into a legal corporation.
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to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts.
to incorporate revisions into a text.
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to take in or include as a part or parts, as the body or a mass does.
His book incorporates his earlier essay.
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to form or combine into one body or uniform substance, as ingredients.
- Synonyms:
- personify, amalgamate, mix, blend, assimilate, absorb
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His book incorporates all his thinking on the subject.
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to form into a society or organization.
verb (used without object)
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to form a legal corporation.
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to unite or combine so as to form one body.
adjective
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legally incorporated, as a company.
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combined into one body, mass, or substance.
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Archaic. embodied.
adjective
verb
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to include or be included as a part or member of a united whole
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to form or cause to form a united whole or mass; merge or blend
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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
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combined into a whole; incorporated
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formed into or constituted as a corporation
adjective
Other Word Forms
- incorporation noun
- incorporative adjective
- nonincorporative adjective
Etymology
Origin of incorporate1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin incorporātus, past participle of incorporāre “to embody, incarnate”; in- 2, corporate
Origin of incorporate2
First recorded in 1525–35; from Late Latin incorporātus “not embodied”; in- 3, corporate
Example Sentences
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So she was dismayed when GitHub, a Microsoft-owned hosting service for software projects, began investing heavily in AI products and expecting employees to incorporate AI into much of their work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Players hired stylists to bend the NBA's rules as much as possible to still incorporate streetwear looks and showcase their own personal fashion sense.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
How do you find other ways to incorporate your Latinidad in the story?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
The ministers also hope India will agree to incorporate a plurilateral agreement on investment facilitation for development, signed by nearly 130 countries, into the organisation's rules.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
They try to incorporate Gogol into similar plans; this summer, for example, they are thinking of renting a house on the coast of Brittany.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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