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SYNDICATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An association of companies for some definite purpose

Synonyms:

consortium; pool; syndicate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("syndicate" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syndicate"):

cartel; combine; corporate trust; trust (a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service)

Derivation:

syndicate (organize into or form a syndicate)

syndicate (join together into a syndicate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

Synonyms:

crime syndicate; family; mob; syndicate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("syndicate" is a kind of...):

gangdom; gangland; organized crime (underworld organizations)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "syndicate"):

Cosa Nostra; Maffia; Mafia (a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("syndicate" is a kind of...):

news agency; news organisation; news organization; press agency; press association; wire service (an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically)

Derivation:

syndicate (sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sell articles, television programs, or photos to several publications or independent broadcasting stations

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "syndicate" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

syndicate (a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication)

syndication (selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Organize into or form a syndicate

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "syndicate" is one way to...):

form; organise; organize (create (as an entity))

Verb group:

syndicate (join together into a syndicate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

syndicate (an association of companies for some definite purpose)

syndication (organizing into or administering as a syndicate)

syndicator (a businessman who forms a syndicate)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Join together into a syndicate

Example:

The banks syndicated

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "syndicate" is one way to...):

connect; join; link; link up; unite (be or become joined or united or linked)

Verb group:

syndicate (organize into or form a syndicate)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

syndicate (an association of companies for some definite purpose)

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