federated

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adjective

fed·​er·​at·​ed ˈfe-də-ˌrā-təd 

: of, relating to, forming, or joined in a federation

a union of federated republics

On this Western Hemisphere all tribes and people are forming into one federated whole …

—Herman Melville

… a handful of other blue chip companies were putting their considerable clout behind a coalition … to build a federated data warehouse that would help more than 2.5 million employees, retirees, and dependents take more control of their health and health care purchases.

—Rob Preston

federated

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past tense and past participle of federate entry 2

Examples of federated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

TEEs, federated learning, MPC, FHE and differential privacy address different risks. — Dr. Najwa Aaraj, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026

This federated learning strategy, which allows the decentralized network of AI models to learn from aggregated data, could eventually scale across entire geographic regions or countries, Hellander explained. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2026

One approach that may quell these fears is a model called federated blockchain governance. — Gary Skuse, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026

To govern this, Wasserman has built a federated model—a central team setting strategy and handling advanced applications, paired with resources embedded in each business segment. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1793, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing federated

• federated church

Rhymes for federated

• abdicated
• abrogated
• acclimated
• activated
• actuated
• adumbrated
• advocated
• aggravated
• aggregated
• agitated
• allocated
• alternated