syndicate
verb/ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/
/ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/
[usually passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they syndicate | /ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/ /ˈsɪndɪkeɪt/ |
| he / she / it syndicates | /ˈsɪndɪkeɪts/ /ˈsɪndɪkeɪts/ |
| past simple syndicated | /ˈsɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle syndicated | /ˈsɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈsɪndɪkeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form syndicating | /ˈsɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsɪndɪkeɪtɪŋ/ |
- to sell an article, a photograph, a television programme, etc. to several different newspapers, etc.
- be syndicated His column is syndicated throughout the world.
Oxford Collocations DictionarySyndicate is used with these nouns as the object:- column
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a committee of government officials): from French syndicat, from medieval Latin syndicatus, from late Latin syndicus ‘delegate of a corporation’, from Greek sundikos, from sun- ‘together’ + dikē ‘justice’. Current verb senses date from the late 19th cent.Definitions on the go
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