incorporated

«incorporated» in Mova's school dictionary: included as part of something bigger — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb form (incorporate, incorporates, incorporated, incorporating); adjective (incorporated); abbreviation (Inc.)

meaning for a pupil

1) Incorporated means included as part of something bigger. tree →

2) (money, law) An incorporated company has been officially set up as a corporation, a legal business; «Inc.» after a company name stands for incorporated. tree →

3) An incorporated town or city has its own official local government. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you see «Inc.» after US company names, like «Apple Inc.». In school, a teacher may say «your ideas were well incorporated into your essay». In cooking, «incorporate the eggs» means mix them in well. In UK English, «Ltd» or «plc» are used instead of Inc.

examples

• She incorporated her friends' ideas into the poster. tree →
• The flour was incorporated into the mixture. tree →
• The company was incorporated in 1998. tree →
• «Inc.» stands for incorporated. tree →
• The village was incorporated as a city. tree →
• Our project incorporated drawings, facts and a quiz. tree →
• There are numerous time-honored stories which have become so incorporated into the literature and thought of our race that a knowledge of them is an indispensable part of one's education. tree →

note

Past form of «incorporate». Abbreviation: Inc. (US); in the UK, Ltd (limited) is similar. Say «in-KOR-por-ay-tid».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «incorporated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.