incorporate

Incorporate is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: in‧cor‧po‧rate

Verb

Plain form incorporate

Third-person singular incorporates

Past tense incorporated

Past participle incorporated

Present participle incorporating

1. If $x$ incorporates $y$, $y$ is part of $x$.

   All the Wilsons ladies' clubs incorporate features designed to help women players improve and enjoy their game.

   The systems would try to incorporate some of the ideas of Hayes and others.

2. If you incorporate $x$ into $y$, you make $x$ part of $y$.

   Please incorporate these changes into the final book.

3. An incorporated company is a corporation. Often written Inc. as part of a company name.

   We were a partnership for many years, but we incorporated last year.

   Mona Doyle was hired as president of Consumer Network Inc.

Synonyms

• limited
• ltd.

Related words

• incorporation
• inc.