Standard Lemma guide

incorporation

noun · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪŋˌkɔːpəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, General-American: /ɪŋˌkɔɹpəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Australian: /ɪŋˌkoːpəˈɹæɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N K AO2 R P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • After the city's incorporation into the capital district, the population rose.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of creating a corporation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A body incorporated; a corporation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • Incorporation is central to many polysynthetic languages such as those found in North America, Siberia and northern Australia.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

including by incorporating

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inclusion

Narrower terms: annexation, appropriation

9

noun

Meaning 9

consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consolidation, integration

10

noun

Meaning 10

learning (of values or attitudes etc.) that is incorporated within yourself

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: internalization, internalisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: learning, acquisition

Narrower terms: introjection

History

Etymology

From Middle English incorporacioun, from Old French incorporacion, from Late Latin incorporatio. By surface analysis, incorporate + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: обединяване (obedinjavane) — act of incorporating
  • French: incorporation — act of incorporating
  • Greek: ενσωμάτωση (ensomátosi) — act of incorporating
  • Hindi: निगमन (nigman) — act of incorporating
  • Indonesian: inkorporasi — act of incorporating
  • Malay: penggabungan — act of incorporating
  • Polish: inkorporacja — act of incorporating
  • Spanish: incorporación — act of incorporating
  • Tagalog: pagsasapian — act of incorporating
  • Tamil: தொழிலிணையம் (toḻiliṇaiyam) — act of incorporating
  • Ukrainian: інкорпора́ція (inkorporácija) — act of incorporating
  • Bulgarian: обединение (obedinenie) — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • French: incorporation — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Greek: κατάταξη (katátaxi) — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Hungarian: összeolvadás — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Hungarian: összeolvasztás — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Hungarian: egyesítés — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Hungarian: egyesülés — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Hungarian: egybeolvasztás — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Japanese: 合体 (gattai) — union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis
  • Hungarian: beépítés — union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation
  • Hungarian: beépülés — union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation
  • Hungarian: beillesztés — union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation
  • Hungarian: belefoglalás — union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation
  • Hungarian: beolvasztás — union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation
  • Hungarian: cégalapítás — the act of creating a corporation
  • Hungarian: cégbejegyzés — the act of creating a corporation
  • Hungarian: jogi személy létesítése — the act of creating a corporation
  • Māori: whakakaporeihanatanga — the act of creating a corporation
  • Hungarian: bekebelezés — linguistics: a phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function
  • Hungarian: inkorporáció — linguistics: a phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function
  • Indonesian: inkorporasi — linguistics: a phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function
Real reading context

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