corporate
Of or relating to an institutionOf or relating to an institution; institutional.
» The corporate headquarters is in Boston.
Meaning
4 sensesOf or relating to an institution; institutional.
The one on Seventh Street is a corporate franchise.
Firmen-, Unternehmens-, Betriebs-
корпорати́вныйkorporatívnyj
Formed into a institution; incorporated.
eingegliedert, AG, Aktiengesellshaft
Unified into one body; collective.
the corporate authorship of the working group
allgemein, kollektiv, Vereinte
о́бщийóbščij, коллекти́вныйkollektívnyj
(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.
- organized and maintained as a legal corporation
- done by or characteristic of individuals acting together
- of or belonging to a corporation
- possessing or existing in bodily form
Examples
86 sentencesThe corporate headquarters is in Boston.
Tom quit his job as a corporate lawyer and traveled the world.
Tom quit his job as a corporate lawyer and decided to travel around the world.
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
ruКорпоративные доходы в первом квартале резко увеличились.
The government is controlled by corporate interests.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
The adjective is first attested in 1429, the noun in 1849; from Middle English corporat(e)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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Forms
more corporate, most corporate| Comparative | more corporate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most corporate Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- organized and maintained as a legal corporation:incorporated
- done by or characteristic of individuals acting together:collective
- possessing or existing in bodily form:bodiedcorporalembodiedincarnate
Word family
44 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form