Dictionary Entry
incorporated
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/in-kawr-puh-rey-tid/Word FrequencyCommon (4.8)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)To include (something) as a part.
In a Sentence
“The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.”
Published Usage Examples
“The first is a U. K.-incorporated company with a primary listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, the second also has a primary listing on the LSE but is incorporated overseas, while the third has listed global depositary receipts on the same market.”
“The religion that was founded by Manes or Manis and that bears his name incorporated this duality of divinities into an amalgam that looked to Zoroaster, Buddha, and Jesus as its major prophets and that spread through the ancient world as a very influential sect of Christianity.”
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Origin
Late Middle English, from Latin incorporatus ‘formed into a body’, past participle of incorporare.
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Poetry examples for “incorporated”
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