incorporate

To include something as part of something larger.

• We will incorporate your ideas into the plan.
• The design incorporates a small garden.
• Have you incorporated the latest changes?

How to use it: incorporate something into something (She incorporated our suggestions into her report.)

Similar words: include, integrate

Opposites: exclude

Common phrases: incorporate something into, incorporate new ideas, incorporate changes

To include something as part of a larger thing.

• The design incorporates a garden.
• We incorporated her suggestions into the plan.
• Does the course incorporate practical training?

How to use it: incorporate something into something (They incorporated the changes into the final design.)

Similar words: include, integrate, build in

Opposites: exclude

Common phrases: incorporate something into something, incorporate new features

To mix an ingredient into food or another mixture.

• Incorporate the butter slowly.
• She incorporated the flour into the batter.
• Whisk until the air is fully incorporated.

How to use it: incorporate something into something (Gently incorporate the eggs into the mixture.)

Similar words: mix in, blend in

Common phrases: incorporate the flour, incorporate something into, incorporate the butter

To officially create a company with its own legal identity.

• They decided to incorporate their business.
• The company was incorporated in June.
• We incorporated before hiring more staff.

Common phrases: incorporate a company, incorporate a business

Describes an organization that has not been legally formed as a company.

• The report described an incorporate association.
• The incorporate society had no company charter.
• An incorporate banking group operated in the town.

Similar words: unincorporated

Opposites: incorporated

Common phrases: incorporate association, incorporate society