Meaning & use

incorporated

adjective·Academic

Formally organized as a legal corporation, or included and combined as part of a larger whole.

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The bakery became an incorporated business shortly after its first year of rapid growth.

The committee incorporated several new suggestions into the final draft of the proposal.

A note on using this word

"Incorporated," often abbreviated "Inc.," legally signals that a company is registered as a corporation with its own legal identity.

Words with a similar meaning

mergedincluded

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Another way to use it

2. verb

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

The design team incorporated customer feedback into the final version of the app.

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