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Definition of incorporate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incorporate

verb
 
/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt/
 
/ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they incorporate
 
/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪt/
 
/ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪt/
he / she / it incorporates
 
/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪts/
 
/ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪts/
past simple incorporated
 
/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪtɪd/
 
/ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪtɪd/
past participle incorporated
 
/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪtɪd/
 
/ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪtɪd/
-ing form incorporating
 
/ɪnˈkɔːpəreɪtɪŋ/
 
/ɪnˈkɔːrpəreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to include something so that it forms a part of something
    • incorporate something The new car design incorporates all the latest safety features.
    • incorporate something in/into/within something We have incorporated all the latest safety features into the design.
    • Many of your suggestions have been incorporated in the plan.
    Extra Examples
    • Results are incorporated within personalized medical records.
    • The computer components are incorporated seamlessly.
    • The data is now incorporated in the total figures.
    • The territory was formally incorporated into the Russian Empire in 1876.
    • These conditions must be expressly incorporated into the contract of employment.
    • These new features can easily be incorporated.
    • We can incorporate this information into our report.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • fully
    • explicitly
    • expressly
    preposition
    • as
    • in
    • into
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  2. [often passive] (business) to create a legally recognized company
    • be incorporated The company was incorporated in 2008.
  3. Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin incorporat- ‘embodied’, from the verb incorporare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin corporare ‘form into a body’ (from corpus, corpor- ‘body’).
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