incorporation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.
  4. (countable, uncountable) The act of creating a corporation.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A body incorporated; a corporation.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.
  7. (countable, uncountable) A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states. ᵂᵖ

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪŋ.kɔɹpəˈɹeɪʃən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English incorporacioun, from Old French incorporacion, from Late Latin incorporatio.

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