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syndicate

syn·di·cate
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [noun sin-di-kit; verb sin-di-keyt]
    • /noun ˈsɪn dɪ kɪt; verb ˈsɪn dɪˌkeɪt/
    • /ˈsɪn.dɪ.kət/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [noun sin-di-kit; verb sin-di-keyt]
    • /noun ˈsɪn dɪ kɪt; verb ˈsɪn dɪˌkeɪt/

Definitions of syndicate word

  • noun syndicate a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate. 1
  • noun syndicate a combination of bankers or capitalists formed for the purpose of carrying out some project requiring large resources of capital, as the underwriting of an issue of stock or bonds. 1
  • noun syndicate Journalism. an agency that buys articles, stories, columns, photographs, comic strips, or other features and distributes them for simultaneous publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals in different localities. Compare boilerplate (def 2a). a business organization owning and operating a number of newspapers; newspaper chain. 1
  • noun syndicate a group, combination, or association of gangsters controlling organized crime or one type of crime, especially in one region of the country. 1
  • noun syndicate a council or body of syndics. 1
  • noun syndicate a local organization of employers or employees in Italy during the Fascist regime. 1

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Origin of syndicate

First appearance:

before 1600
One of the 39% oldest English words
1600-10; < Middle French syndicat office of syndic, board of syndics < Medieval Latin syndicātus. See syndic, -ate3

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Parts of speech for Syndicate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

syndicate popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for syndicate

noun syndicate

  • affiliation — If one group has an affiliation with another group, it has a close or official connection with it.
  • association — An association is an official group of people who have the same job, aim, or interest.
  • black hand — a group of Sicilian blackmailers and terrorists formed in the 1870s and operating in the US in the early 20th century
  • business — Business is work relating to the production, buying, and selling of goods or services.
  • camarilla — a group of confidential advisers, esp formerly, to the Spanish kings; cabal

verb syndicate

  • bogart — to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly
  • bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
  • copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
  • corner the market — dominate trade
  • lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.

Antonyms for syndicate

noun syndicate

  • one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.

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