Incorporate

/ɪŋˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To include (something) as a part..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To include (something) as a part.
2. (transitive) To mix (something in) as an ingredient; to blend
3. (transitive) To admit as a member of a company
4. (transitive) To form into a legal company.
5. (US, law) To include (another clause or guarantee of the US constitution) as a part (of the Fourteenth Amendment, such that the clause binds not only the federal government but also state governments).
6. To form into a body; to combine, as different ingredients, into one consistent mass.
7. To unite with a material body; to give a material form to; to embody.
8. (obsolete) Corporate; incorporated; made one body, or united in one body; associated; mixed together; combined; embodied.

Example Sentences

The design of his house incorporates a spiral staircase.

to incorporate another's ideas into one's work

The Romans[…] did not subdue a country in order to put the inhabitants to fire and sword, but to incorporate them into their own community.

In spite of their small size and low weight, many technical developments which have proved themselves in main-line service have been incorporated, and a novelty in the 2-6-0-type is a tender cab to improve the conditions of tender-first running.

The new cars incorporate many features first introduced in the 1938 tube stock, but major changes include the use of rubber for the bogie bolster and axlebox suspension, fluorescent lighting, and the panelling of the cars in unpainted aluminium alloy.

In Episode 3, Gia incorporates very distinct and strong gestures as she teaches Havelock the phrase, "Unte kowlting gut, to pochuye ke?" ("And everything will be okay, understand?")

So what is it that makes SBB (Swiss national railways) tick? In my humble opinion, two things. Firstly, a comprehensive and set-in-stone integrated timetable (incorporating trains, ferries, cable cars and buses, including the world-famous yellow 'post-autos'), compiled four years in advance and which gets tested twice before it becomes operational.

Incorporate air into the mixture by whisking.

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• incorporates
• incorporating
• incorporated
• more incorporate
• most incorporate

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