corporate en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈkoɹ.pə.ɹət/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkoː.pɹət/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈkɔː.pɹət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkoː.pə.ɹət/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- /ˈkoɹ.pɹət/ (Canada, General-American)
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Etymology
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).
Meanings
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Of or relating to an institution; institutional.
Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet. 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: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.
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Unified into one body; collective.
the corporate authorship of the working group
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: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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
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(colloquial) 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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most corporate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more corporate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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Translations (55)
hu céges (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · hu üzleti (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · nl bedrijfs- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · tr tüzel (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · de Unternehmens- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · de Vereinigte (unified into one body; collective) · fi yhteis- (unified into one body; collective) · fi yhtiömuotoinen (formed into an institution; incorporated) · hu testületi (unified into one body; collective) · pl korporacyjny (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · cs firemní (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · hu társasági (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · fi yritys- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · hu cég- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · ru о́бщий (unified into one body; collective) · mi a te rangatōpū (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · bg корпоративен (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · fi yhtiöitetty (formed into an institution; incorporated) · id korporat (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · de Betriebs- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · cs korporátní (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · de Kollektiv- (unified into one body; collective) · ro corporatist (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · bg общ (unified into one body; collective) · pt corporativo (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · fi yhtiö- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · fr corporatif (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · fi yhteinen (unified into one body; collective) · id korporatif (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · hu vállalat- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · de Aktiengesellshaft (formed into an institution; incorporated) · es corporativo (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · cs podnikový (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · mi ā-rangatōpū (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · ru корпорати́вный (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · gv cochorpagh (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · mi rangatōpū (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · fi yhdistetty (unified into one body; collective) · de AG (formed into an institution; incorporated) · ru коллекти́вный (unified into one body; collective) · la corporātus (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · es incorporado (formed into an institution; incorporated) · de Firmen- (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · hu kollektív (unified into one body; collective) · hu bejegyzett (formed into an institution; incorporated) · mi o te rangatōpū (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · de Vereinte (unified into one body; collective) · de kollektiv (unified into one body; collective) · hu vállalati (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · tr kurumsal (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · de eingegliedert (formed into an institution; incorporated) · bg колективен (unified into one body; collective) · de allgemein (unified into one body; collective) · pl firmowy (of, or relating to an institution; institutional) · hu közületi (of, or relating to an institution; institutional)