# corporates

Pronunciation: US say "KOR-pur-uhts" /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.əts/; UK say "KAW-puh-ruhts" /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹəts/

## Noun

1. Plural of corporate. — plural of corporate
   - Simple: Plural of corporate. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _Several corporates sponsored the city marathon this year._
   - _Local startups often struggle to compete with established corporates._

## Verb

Pronunciation: US say "KOR-puh-rayts" /ˈkɔɹ.pəɹ.eɪts/; UK say "KAW-puh-rayts" /ˈkɔː.pə.ɹeɪts/

2. Third-person singular simple present of corporate, an obsolete verb; the modern word is incorporates. *(obsolete)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of corporate
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of corporate. This verb is obsolete: today people say incorporates.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/corporates (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).