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Spell Bee Word: corporate


Basic Details

Word: Corporate

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: To do with a large company or business, or shared by all the members of a group.

How to Spell Corporate

Syllables: cor - po - rate

Tricky part: The middle is po, with an o, though it is often said quickly as corp-rit. There are two r's, one in cor and one in rate.

Watch out for: corperate, corprate, coporate

Memory tip: Say it in three clear beats, cor-po-rate, and the second beat reminds you of the o.

Usage Examples

Example 1: Papa works in a corporate office in Gurugram.

Example 2: The company held a corporate dinner for its staff.

Example 3: Many firms spend part of their profits on corporate social projects such as tree planting.

Fun Fact

Corporate comes from the Latin corpus, meaning body, because the law treats a company as one body.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) industrial
b) corperate
c) employee
d) commercial

Show answer

b) corperate. Corporate has an o after the p, not an e.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

parotorce

a) corporal
b) separator
c) corporate
d) cooperate

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c) corporate. Two r's and two o's with no second e: corporate, not cooperate.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:

co_po_ate

a) n, r
b) r, r
c) l, r
d) r, l

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b) r, r. Both gaps take r: cor, then rate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A corporate office is the office of ____.

a) a company
b) a hospital ward
c) a farm
d) a cricket ground

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a) a company

2. Which person is most likely to work in the corporate world?

a) a manager at a big firm
b) a village potter
c) a school student
d) a street dog

Show answer

a) a manager at a big firm

Associated Words

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