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- pronunciation:
- In
kor
p
reIt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
incorporates, incorporating, incorporated |
| definition 1: |
to include as part of a larger thing; blend.
If you no longer want your books, I'll incorporate them into my collection.She incorporated all the food from last night's dinner into the stew.- similar words:
- blend, include, weave
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| definition 2: |
to make into a legal corporation.
The owners of the bicycle shop incorporated their growing business. |
| related words: |
annex, charter, combine, comprise, consolidate, constitute, contain, cover, encompass, mix, unite |
| derivations: |
incorporated (adj.), incorporative (adj.), incorporation (n.) |
The word incorporate
contains the following parts:
corp, corpo, corpor, corpus
Latin
root
that means body
  Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
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).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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