Corporate Meaning
/ˈkɔː.pə.ɹət/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or relating to a corporation.
adjOf or relating to the whole company.
Sentence Examples
Corporate bankruptcies continued at a high level last month.
Corporate earnings in the first quarter improved sharply.
He emphasized the company's commitment to high standards of corporate governance.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ headquarters moved to a new city last year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ bankruptcies continued at a high level last month.
Word Origin & History
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).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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:
"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:
"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]:
"So-called junk corporates and emerging-market debt remain generally out of favor."
— 2009 January 11, Robert D. Hershey Jr., “Look Past 2008 Stars for Gains in Bonds”, in New York Times:
"Currently there are 19 members, who are all in Spotlight and belong to Equity. Areas of work include theatre, musicals, television, film, commercials, corporates and voiceovers."
— 2013, Simon Dunmore, Actors' Yearbook 2014:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ headquarters moved to a new city last year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ bankruptcies continued at a high level last month.