26984 words

incorporate

6 definitions • 13 examples
1
to include something as part of something larger:

Examples:

be incorporated into/in Suggestions from the survey have been incorporated into/in the final design.
This aircraft incorporates several new safety features.
2
to legally make a company into a corporation or part of a corporation (= a large company or group of companies that is controlled together as a single organization), or (of a company) to become a corporation:

Examples:

The company was incorporated in 2008 and is privately owned.
It was an offshore company incorporated in Nicosia, Cyprus.
He set up a jewellery design business and incorporated it five years later.
When a company incorporates, the articles of incorporation state how many shares are authorized and can be issued
3
to include something within something else:

Examples:

This aircraft incorporates several new safety features.
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to make a company or organization into a legal corporation (= a particular type of company):

Examples:

incorporate an association/a business/a company The association was incorporated in 1970.
Our company was incorporated in Delaware after World War I.
6
to include something within something else:

Examples:

incorporate a component/an element/a feature Mobile phones incorporate features of desktop computers, personal digital assistants, and landlines.
incorporate a concept/an idea/a theme Working with colleagues from other countries gives us the opportunity to incorporate new ideas and methods.
incorporate sth into sth We've incorporated the hydraulic central heating into the floor tiles.
incorporate sth with sth Thirty years ago, the idea that a phone could be incorporated with a computer and be held in one hand was the stuff of comic books.

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