FEDERATE Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

federate

verb

ˈfe-də-ˌrāt

as in to cooperate

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members in the years following World War II, the U.S. and the nations of western Europe made the decision to federate as the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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Recent Examples of federate It will be won by organizations that consolidate and orchestrate with a vendor-neutral control plane that federates data, reasons across domains, governs agents as first-class citizens and connects to whatever the ecosystem looks like next quarter. —

Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The exec brought up how Arte federates a network of 14 public broadcasters, has programs available in seven languages, and maintains strong ties with the creative ecosystem across Europe. —

Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026 The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time, members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community and national organizations. —

Sharon Hlapcich, Oc Register, 17 Feb. 2026 Plus, there’s a social and federating function at play. —

Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026 The order covers federated IT systems and mission platforms across all services. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2026 Nobody, however, brought up the rise of decentralized and federated social-media platforms like Bluesky and Mastodon. —

PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2025 Key steps include: Building A Robust Data Ecosystem Determining the optimal data ecosystem architecture, whether centralized or federated, involves balancing coordination with domain-specific needs, governance and scalability to maximize data value. —

Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 The nonprofit Ebell Club was chartered and federated on March 9, 1984, and since that time members have raised more than $300,000 for numerous philanthropies both within the community, as well as national organizations. —

Sharon Hlapcich, Orange County Register, 20 Feb. 2025

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As a matter of practice, the district cooperates fully with any review conducted by the Office for Civil Rights.

— Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 June 2026
As part of his plea deal, Heuermann has also agreed to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's behavioral analysis unit.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 June 2026