incorporate
/in'kɔ:pərit/
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Verb (transitive):
- To unite or combine one thing with another to form a single entity or whole.
- To include something as a part of a larger system, group, or thing.
- To form a legal corporation.
Usage
- As a verb, "incorporate" is commonly used to describe the action of blending ideas, elements, or entities.
- It often takes the prepositions into or with.
- In a business context, it specifically means to establish a company as a legal corporation.
Examples
- Verb:
- The chef will incorporate fresh herbs into the sauce.
- We plan to incorporate your feedback with the existing design.
- The two small businesses decided to incorporate to increase their market share.
- The new model incorporates several safety features not found in older versions.
Advanced Usage
- "to be incorporated": To be formed into a legal corporation.
- The company was incorporated in 1995.
- "to incorporate something seamlessly": To blend something in a way that is smooth and unnoticeable.
- The architect's goal was to incorporate modern elements seamlessly into the historic building.
Variants and Related Words
- Incorporation (noun): The process of incorporating or the state of being incorporated.
- The incorporation of new technology transformed the industry.
- Incorporated (adjective): Formed into a legal corporation (often abbreviated as "Inc.").
- Apple Inc. is a publicly traded company.
Synonyms
- Integrate: To combine one thing with another so they become a whole.
- Assimilate: To absorb and integrate into a wider culture or system.
- Embody: To include or contain as a part of its whole.
- Merge: To combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.
Phrasal Verbs / Common Constructions
- Incorporate into: To include something as part of something else.
- You should incorporate these new findings into your report.
- Incorporate with: To combine or unite one thing with another.
- The proposal incorporates the old plan with several new initiatives.
Related Idioms
(No common idioms directly use "incorporate" as the key verb.)
Adjective
- formed or united into a whole
Verb
- unite or merge with something already in existence
- incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case
- form a corporation
- include or contain; have as a component
- A totally new idea is comprised in this paper
- The record contains many old songs from the 1930's
- make into a whole or make part of a whole
- She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal