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/
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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
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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.
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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
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4
noun
Meaning 4
The act of creating a corporation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A body incorporated; a corporation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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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
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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.
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8
noun
Meaning 8
including by incorporating
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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
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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