corporate
2
9.9
- adjective
- /ˈkɔːr.pə.rɪt/
- Archaic
:
corpóreo
- There is indeed something corporate both in our natural living and in our ultimate destiny.
- a corporate body
Examples
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The festival included a corporate ritual where the community came together to celebrate their shared heritage.
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First, old soldiers orient their activities to union-type organizations that are aimed at improving social and training conditions and enhancing corporate identity.
Academic text (1999) -
God is active in the different religious rites that give corporate expression to the human response to God.
Blog text (21) -
In earlier centuries, corporate seals were commonplace.
Academic text (2016) -
No longer was a gathered people buffered from the Almighty through corporate covenants with God.
Academic text (2003) -
In ancient cultures, many beliefs were expressed through corporate ceremonies that embodied the values of the community.
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The organization's mission was to promote artistic works that reflect corporate identities and cultural traditions.
Synonyms
27
6.8
Existing in a physical form you can see or touch
22
7.8
Being real in a human or animal body
17
6.8
Relating to the body rather than the mind
Having a quality shown in a body or thing
Antonyms
Idioms
To move up in a company by getting promotions and more responsibility
Compounds
- Informal
7
4.1
A series of job levels in a company that people move up to reach higher positions with more responsibility
- Specialized
4
3.7
A loan from a company that pays regular interest but gives no ownership
- Specialized
2
4.1
The decisions and plans a company makes about money and investments
- Literature
A state of confusion and disorder in a company because of bad management or a crisis
- Offensive
A person, often a company leader, who gets government money they do not deserve
How Physical
- Formal
22
7.8
- Archaic
2
9.9
- Formal
15
8.4
2
9.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
corporate = corporal (opaque) = corpor + ate
This archaic sense ('bodily, embodied') is historically related but not predictable for modern learners who associate 'corporate' with companies.
Etymology
Corporate comes from the Latin root corpus 'body', and long ago it meant 'bodily' or 'having a body'. So the old use of corporate described something in physical form, not just an idea.