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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Eventually the site is set to incorporate a minimum of one million graphics-processing units.
From Barron's
Eventually the site is set to incorporate a minimum of one million graphics-processing units.
From Barron's
The projections also do not incorporate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, recent conflicts, or future medical breakthroughs that could significantly alter cancer trends.
From Science Daily
Since the 1980s, U.S. national security strategies have incorporated aspects of democracy promotion and human rights as U.S. values.
From Salon
Eventually the site is set to incorporate a minimum of one million graphics-processing units.
From Barron's
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