INCORPORATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incorporate mean? 

• INCORPORATE (adjective)
  The adjective INCORPORATE has 1 sense:

1. formed or united into a whole

  Familiarity information: INCORPORATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• INCORPORATE (verb)
  The verb INCORPORATE has 4 senses:

1. make into a whole or make part of a whole

2. include or contain; have as a component

3. form a corporation

4. unite or merge with something already in existence

  Familiarity information: INCORPORATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCORPORATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formed or united into a whole

Synonyms:

incorporate; incorporated; integrated; merged; unified

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

• INCORPORATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they incorporate    ... he / she / it incorporates   
Past simple: incorporated   
Past participle: incorporated   
-ing form: incorporating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make into a whole or make part of a whole

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

incorporate; integrate

Context example:

She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal

Hypernyms (to "incorporate" is one way to...):

combine; compound (combine so as to form a whole; mix)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "incorporate"):

fold (incorporate a food ingredient into a mixture by repeatedly turning it over without stirring or beating)

reintegrate (integrate again)

build in (make something an integral part of something else)

re-incorporate (incorporate again or anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

incorporation (including by incorporating)

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Include or contain; have as a component

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

comprise; contain; incorporate

Context example:

The record contains many old songs from the 1930's

Hypernyms (to "incorporate" is one way to...):

include (have as a part, be made up out of)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

incorporation (including by incorporating)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form a corporation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "incorporate" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Domain category:

business; business sector (business concerns collectively)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Unite or merge with something already in existence

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

incorporate this document with those pertaining to the same case

Hypernyms (to "incorporate" is one way to...):

gather in; take in (fold up)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

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

incorporative (growing by taking over and incorporating adjacent territories)

 Context examples 

A hydrocarbon compound consisting of carbons with one or more bromide atom incorporated in its structure that can increase the risk of human cancer.

(Carcinogenic Brominated Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

C 11 AMT is not incorporated into proteins, nor are metabolites released into the blood pool, making C 11 AMT an excellent tracer for serotonin synthesis in vivo.

(Carbon C 11 Alpha-methyltryptophan, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrocarbon compound consisting of carbons with one or more chloride atom incorporated in its structure that can increase the risk of human cancer.

(Carcinogenic Chlorinated Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrocarbon compound consisting of carbons with one or more fluoride atom incorporated in its structure that can increase the risk of human cancer.

(Carcinogenic Fluorinated Hydrocarbon, NCI Thesaurus)

The theoretical basis for this nursing practice incorporates physiological and psychosocial concepts of health as they affect cardiac/vascular wellness.

(Cardiac/Vascular Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of ventricular tachycardia incorporating both bundle branches into the reentry circuit.

(Bundle Branch Re-Entrant Ventricular Tachycardia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

It is incorporated into both RNA and DNA but only inhibits DNA synthesis.

(Buciclovir, NCI Thesaurus)

As they grow, asteroids incorporate radioactive material present in the solar system nebula.

(Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites, NASA)

IL-2 is incorporated into the vaccine to leverage its ability to expand activated T cells.

(Autologous Tumor Cell Proteoliposome Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Azacitidine is incorporated into DNA, where it reversibly inhibits DNA methyltransferase, thereby blocking DNA methylation.

(Azacitidine, NCI Thesaurus)