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incorporation.

The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.

13 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɪŋˌkɔːpəˈɹeɪʃən/Received-Pronunciation/ɪŋˌkɔɹpəˈɹeɪʃən/Canada, General-American/ɪŋˌkoːpəˈɹæɪʃən/Australia
  1. The act of incorporating, or the state of being incorporated.

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  2. The union of different ingredients in one mass; mixture; combination; synthesis.

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  3. The union of something with a body already existing; association; intimate union; assimilation.

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    After the city's incorporation into the capital district, the population rose.
  4. The act of creating a corporation.

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  5. A body incorporated; a corporation.

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  6. A phenomenon by which a grammatical category forms a compound with its direct object or adverbial modifier, while retaining its original syntactic function.

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    Incorporation is central to many polysynthetic languages such as those found in North America, Siberia and northern Australia.
  7. A doctrine of constitutional law according to which certain parts of the Bill of Rights are extended to bind individual American states.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English incorporacioun, from Old French incorporacion, from Late Latin incorporatio. By surface analysis, incorporate + -ion.

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