incorporated
English meaning: Incorporated
Definition
To include (something) as a part.
Example
“The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.”
Another example: “The architects incorporated solar panels into the building's design.”
Usage — When, Where & How
Neutral to formal; the past tense of 'incorporate', meaning to include something as part of a whole, or to form a legal corporation. Common in business, law, writing and design ('incorporated feedback', 'incorporated in 1990'). The legal sense gives the abbreviation 'Inc.'
Etymology & Origin
English — Origin & History
From Late Latin 'incorporatus', past participle of 'incorporare' (to embody, unite), from 'in-' + 'corpus' (body); 14th century.
Synonyms
- incorporate
- integrated
- unified
- organized
- merged
- corporate
- united
Antonyms / Opposites
- excluded
- separated
- omitted
Related Words
- cemeteries
- incorporation
- separately
- municipal
- oblast
- settlements
- unincorporated
- annexed
- significance
- shire
Common Collocations
- incorporated into
- duly incorporated
- incorporated company
- newly incorporated
- incorporated feedback
- fully incorporated
Word Forms
incorporate (v); incorporated; incorporating; incorporation (n)
Word Tools
Literary Heritage
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.”
/To thine own self be true/
“Be honest with yourself — and as naturally as night follows day, you will be unable to be false to others.”
“I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too?”
/I'm nobody! Who are you?/
“I am nobody — and that quiet anonymity is more honest than the noise of public fame.”
Images
CC-licensed · free to useVideo
Language information
- Language
- English
- English
- Script
- Latin
- Family
- Indo-European
- Speakers
- 1.5B