Added 8 October 2026
corporate
/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/ adjective
In Latin: corporātus First recorded: 1429 Wiktionary
adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about corporate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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Of or belonging to a corporation.
corporate rates
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Possessing or existing in bodily form.
what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind
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Done by or characteristic of individuals acting together.
a joint identity
Origin
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).
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