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Meaning of 'corporate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Corporate [ a.]
- Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.
- Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body.
- United; general; collectively one.
2 . Corporate [ v. i.]
- To become incorporated.
3 . Corporate [ v. t.]
- To incorporate.

Meaning of 'corporate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . corporate [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or belonging to a corporation
Example in sentence:
  • corporate rates;
  • corporate structure
2 . corporate [ s]
Meaning (2):
- done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
Example in sentence:
  • a joint identity;
  • the collective mind;
  • the corporate good
Meaning (3):
- organized and maintained as a legal corporation
Example in sentence:
  • a special agency set up in corporate form;
  • an incorporated town
Meaning (4):
- possessing or existing in bodily form
Example in sentence:
  • an incarnate spirit;
  • what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind;
  • `corporate' is an archaic term

Nearby Words:

cor cor- cor/niculate cora coracle coracoid corage coral coral fish coral-rag

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