corporate

Language: en

1. 🇬🇧 /ˈkɔː.pər.ət/ 🇺🇸 /ˈkɔːr.pɚ.ət/
2. 🇬🇧 /ˈkɔː.pə.reɪt/ 🇺🇸 /ˈkɔːr.pɚ.eɪt/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Relating to or belonging to a corporation or large business organization.; Relating to a group of people acting as a single body or entity; collective.; Having the status of a corporation; incorporated.; Characteristic of or associated with large business organizations, often implying conformity, bureaucracy, or impersonality.; United in one body or group; forming a single entity.; Of or relating to a municipal corporation or local government body.
  2. noun
    A corporate entity or corporation; a large business organization.; A corporate bond or security issued by a corporation.; A person who works in a corporate environment; a corporate employee.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Collocations

corporate culturecorporate governancecorporate social responsibilitycorporate identitycorporate worldcorporate image

Derivatives

corporationcorporatelycorporatismcorporatistincorporateincorporationcorporatize

Synonyms

organizationalinstitutionalcommercialbusiness

Antonyms

individualpersonalprivate

Commonly confused

cooperate
EN: 'Cooperate' means to work together; 'corporate' relates to a corporation or business entity.
corporation
EN: 'Corporation' is the noun (the entity itself); 'corporate' is the adjective describing things related to corporations.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'corporate' with 'cooperate' — they differ by only one letter but have entirely different meanings and pronunciations.

💬 Examples

  1. The company announced a new corporate strategy to increase market share.

  2. The committee made a corporate decision to reject the proposal.

  3. The town was granted corporate status by royal charter in 1588.

  4. He disliked the corporate culture of long meetings and rigid hierarchies.

  5. The corporate body of citizens voted on the new ordinance.

  6. The corporate limits of the city were extended to include the new suburbs.

  7. The corporate reported record profits this quarter.

  8. Investors shifted their portfolios toward corporates for higher yields.

  9. She left the startup world to become a corporate at a Fortune 500 company.