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colligate

verb

Definition of colligatenext
1
as in to assemble

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2
as in to recognize

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for colligate
  1. assemble
  2. recognize
  3. collect
  4. identify
  5. link
  6. refer
  7. conjoin
  8. reclassify
Verb
  • So So Fed opened for Sunday dinner — and nobody had assembled the siu mai dumplings.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Muck Rack notes that PR and communications can influence generative engine optimization because AI systems draw on authoritative third-party sources when assembling answers.
    — Andrey Insarov, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of assemble
Verb
  • Scientists analyze mutations in a patient’s tumor and create a personalized therapy designed to train the immune system to recognize and attack the cancer.
    — Sally C. Pipes, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The School Board’s decision to dedicate 90% of these referendum dollars directly to teachers, education professionals and frontline support staff recognizes where our priorities should be.
    — Roberto Fernandez III, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of recognize
Verb
  • Inside the 300,000-square-foot building are more than 1,300 works on view at opening, drawn from the museum’s permanent collection — built largely from Lucas’ decades of collecting — as well as loans from other institutions and private collections.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • His reboot of the ’90s zombie video game has collected $60 million in its opening weekend.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of collect
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  • In another part of Chicago, a 48-year-old man named Jose — who only wanted to be identified by his first name — remains afraid to leave home.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • French military policy in Lebanon prohibits identifying soldiers by first names for security reasons.
    — Diego Ibarra Sánchez, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of identify
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  • The backstory Troutbeck is one of those properties that is inseparably linked to the history of the town of Amenia, which has attracted historians, writers, and social reformers since the 1700s—many of whom actually stayed and worked in Troutbeck.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Parties linked to the former Moro Islamic Liberation Front led the polls, though none took a big majority.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of link
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  • The title refers not only to the horror film my protagonist, Maya, is trying to make, but also to the city’s new masters and to those living in a zombified state of willful ignorance.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The police officer who responded did not issue a ticket, but referred the case to the Placer County District Attorney’s Office for possible prosecution for misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of refer
Verb
  • Leaving them conjoined posed significant risks to their long-term health, SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital said in a news release.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • More girls tend to be born conjoined, happening about three times as often, StatPearls said.
    — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of conjoin
Verb
  • To be sure, some of this drop—perhaps a third—can be attributed to technical factors, including shifts in tax policy that have encouraged businesses to reclassify some labor income as capital income.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this summer, a panel that advises the Food and Drug Administration recommended the government reclassify half a dozen of these peptides.
    — Will Stone, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of reclassify
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“Colligate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colligate. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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