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syndicate

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A group of people or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest.

Pronunciation

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈsɪndɪkət

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.

  2. mass media

    A group of media companies, or an agency, formed to acquire content such as articles, cartoons, etc., and to publish it in multiple outlets; a chain of newspapers or other media outlets managed by such an organization.

  3. crime

    A group of gangsters engaged in organized crime.

  4. An association of companies for some definite purpose

  5. mass media

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

  6. crime

    A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

verb

  1. transitive

    To put under the control of a group acting as a unit.

  2. Organize into or form a syndicate

  3. Join together into a syndicate

  4. intransitive

    To become a syndicate.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A group of individuals or companies formed to transact some specific business, or to promote a common interest; a self-coordinating group.

Used this way, syndicate is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in business or professional contexts.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Business/professional

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More ways to use syndicate

  • “The criminal syndicate was responsible for several illegal operations in the city.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

Release

banking syndicate

News

feature syndicatenewspaper syndicatenews syndicate

Put

american syndicate

Other combinations

crime syndicatepress syndicatecoal syndicate

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • crime syndicatenounCompound term

    A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • syndicationnounRelated term

    Organizing into or administering as a syndicate.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: group of individuals

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