Meaning & use

incorporate

verb·Academic

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To include something as part of a whole, or to form a group of people into a legal corporation.

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The final design incorporates feedback from dozens of user interviews.

The founders decided to incorporate the business in Delaware.

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In business contexts, "incorporate" has a specific legal meaning: forming a company recognized as a separate legal entity.

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