corporate
Syllables: cor·por·ate/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/US/ˈkoɹ.pə.ɹət/
corporate adjective: of or relating to an institution; institutional.
Adjective
corporate (comparative more corporate, superlative most corporate)
- Of or relating to an institution; institutional.
- The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.
- But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
- Formed into a institution; incorporated.
- Unified into one body; collective.
- the corporate authorship of the working group
- They answer in a joint and corporate voice.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from an institution.
- It's not that their interior decorating is horrible; it's just that, well, it's so corporate.
Noun
corporate (countable and uncountable, plural corporates)
- A bond issued by an institution.
- So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor.2009 January 11, Robert D. Hershey Jr., “Look Past 2008 Stars for Gains in Bonds”, in New York Times
- A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience.
- Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers.2013, Simon Dunmore, Actors' Yearbook 2014
- An institution that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise.
- McDonald's corporate issued a new policy today.
- An institution or group.
- The higher managerial echelons of an institution.
- it came down from corporate
- The work could be rewarding, but corporate is micro-managing everything.
Verb
UK/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/US/ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.eɪt/
corporate (third-person singular simple present corporates, present participle corporating, simple past and past participle corporated)
- To incorporate.
- This hospital of Savoy was again new founded, erected, corporated , and endowed with lands by Queen Mary1598, John Stow, A Survey of London
- To become incorporated.
corporate meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
corporate in Tamil
- கூட்டாண்மைக்குரிய, குழுமம்சார், கூட்டாண்மையான, கூட்டுரிமையுடைய, கூட்டான, கூட்டுக்குழும
corporate in Marathi
- कॉर्पोरेटला
corporate in Urdu
- کارپوریٹنگ, کارپوریٹ
corporate in Bengali
- মিলিত, আইনদ্বারা গঠিত
More languagesFewer languages
- corporate in Telugu
- కార్పొరేటింగ్, కార్పోరేటింగ్, కార్పొరేట్
- corporate in Malayalam
- കുത്തക kuttaka
- corporate in Kannada
- ಕೂಟ, ಕೂಡು
- corporate in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰਪੋਰੇਟਿੰਗ, ਕਾਰਪੋਰੇਟ
- corporate in Gujarati
- કોર્પોરેટિંગ, કોર્પોરેટ
- corporate in Odia
- କର୍ପୋରେଟ୍ କରିବା, କର୍ପୋରେଟିଂ
- corporate in Nepali
- कर्पोरेट, कर्पोरेटिङ, कर्पोरेटलाई
- corporate in Indonesian
- korporat, korporatif
Examples of corporate in a sentence
- Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
- I believe in the body of Christ, and the regular assembly of believers, the importance of the sacraments, and the need for corporate worship.2021 [2001], John Eldredge, “John Answers Your Wild at Heart Questions”, in Wild at Heart, Expanded edition, Nelson Books, →ISBN, page 218:
Forms of corporate
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more corporate |
| superlative | most corporate |
| Noun | |
| plural | corporates |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | corporates |
| present participle | corporating |
| past participle | corporated |
| past | corporated |
Origin of corporate
The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical, embodied; (participle/participial adjective) incorporated; corporated, constituted as a legal corporation”, used as the past participle of corporaten), from Latin corporātus, perfect passive participle of corporō (“to make into a body”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from corpus (“body”, oblique stem in corp-) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). The noun was derived by substantivization from the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).
First attested in 1398; from Middle English corporaten (“to incorporate, assimilate; to constitute as a legal corporation”), either from corporat(e) (“(if a true adjective) corporeal, physical”, also used as the past participle of corporaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix) or directly from Latin corporātus + -en, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Words formed from corporate
- anticorporate
- bicorporate
- body corporate
- concorporate
- corporate anorexia
- corporate censorship
- corporate citizen
- corporate death penalty
- corporate executive
- corporate finance
- corporate firewall
- corporate image
- corporate income tax
- corporate ladder
- corporate law
- corporate lawyer
- corporately
- corporate manslaughter
- corporate monster
- corporate nationalism
- corporateness
- corporate nun
- corporate officer
- corporate raid
- corporate raider
- corporatese
- corporate seal
- corporate social responsibility
- corporatespeak
- corporate tax
- corporate university
- corporate veil
- corporate welfare
- corporate welfare bum
- corporatewide
- corporatey
- corporatisation
- corporatism
- corporatization
- corporatize
- corporatocracy
- corporator
- discorporate
- hypercorporate
- intercorporate
- intracorporate
- megacorporate
- multicorporate
- noncorporate
- postcorporate
- subcorporate
- transcorporate
- tricorporate
- encorporate
- extracorporated
Phrases with corporate
- corporate nuns
- corporate raids
- corporate seals
- corporate speak
- corporate taxes
- corporate veils
- bodies corporate
- corporate ladders
- corporate lawyers
- Corporate Memphis
- corporate raiders
- corporate citizens
4 more phrasesFewer phrases
Questions about corporate
- What does corporate mean?
- Corporate means of or relating to an institution; institutional.
- What is corporate in Tamil?
- Corporate in Tamil is கூட்டாண்மைக்குரிய, குழுமம்சார், கூட்டாண்மையான. See Corporate meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use corporate in a sentence?
- Perhaps we assume that our name, address and search preferences will be viewed by some unseen pair of corporate eyes, probably not human, and don't mind that much.
- What part of speech is corporate?
- Corporate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce corporate?
- Corporate is pronounced /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ (UK).
Words near corporate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: corporate (page history and authors); corporate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corporate (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corporate (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corporate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corporate (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); കുത്തക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); corporate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corporate (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corporate (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corporate (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); corporate (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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