corporate

== English == === Etymology 1 === 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). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/, /ˈkɔː.pɹət/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈkoɹ.pə.ɹət/, /ˈkoɹ.pɹət/ (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.pə.ɹət/, /ˈkoː.pɹət/ Hyphenation: cor‧por‧ate, corp‧orate ==== Adjective ==== corporate (comparative more corporate, superlative most corporate) Of or relating to the whole company. Formed into a company; incorporated. Unified into one body; collective. (colloquial) Soulless and inoffensive; sanitized and sterile, like a design from a company. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== corporate (countable and uncountable, plural corporates) (finance) A bond issued by the company. A short film produced for internal use in a business, e.g. for training, rather than for a general audience. (business, countable) A company that franchises, as opposed to an individual franchise. (business, countable) A company or group. (business, informal, uncountable) The higher managerial echelons of a company. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.eɪt/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)pəɹət, -ɔː(ɹ)pɹət, -ɔː(ɹ)pəɹeɪt Hyphenation: cor‧por‧ate, corp‧orate ==== Verb ==== corporate (third-person singular simple present corporates, present participle corporating, simple past and past participle corporated) (obsolete, transitive) To incorporate. (obsolete, intransitive) To become incorporated. ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “corporate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. corporate in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “corporate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === proto-race == Latin == === Verb === corporāte second-person plural present active imperative of corporō