COLLIGATE Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

colligate

verb

Definition of colligate

as in to assemble

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as in to recognize

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Much like an engine compresses fuel before ignition, FLARE first assembles the fuel to high density before delivering a separate, rapid burst of energy to trigger fusion.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
If assembling a cheese board isn’t happening this week, this tray does it for you.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of assemble

Verb

Lourdes became a major pilgrimage destination after the Catholic Church officially recognized visions of the Virgin Mary reported here by a young girl in 1858.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Interim peace accords in the 1990s recognized their water rights but preserved a system that allocated some 80% of water pumped from the main aquifer for Israeli use.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of recognize

Verb

While most of us start to put extra blankets on our bed during the fall for all the cozy vibes, your bed sheets are still collecting sweat, dirt, and body oil.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Under federal law, the Forest Service can retain at least 80% of fees collected at recreation sites and use the money locally to operate, maintain and improve them.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of collect

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Gen Z versus millennials The BofA analysis found that older millennials spent the most on hobbies in the three months to August, spending more than double per consumer than Gen Z, the cohort BofA identified as spending the least.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026
Slow down enough to identify the point that actually matters.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of identify

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The Hugging Face hack may have prompted an internal review, during which OpenAI also discovered the Australian website breach, although the company did not explicitly link the two events in its statement.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2026
The large number of undecided voters can be linked to the elimination of mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt in the June 2 primary, according to DiCamillo.

— Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of link

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When reached for comment regarding Friday’s ban, the White House press office referred PEOPLE to Trump’s statements in the Oval Office shortly after the Friday afternoon post.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
The comparisons between that movie and Elsinore, what with all the Hamlet being performed and poignantly referring back to our characters’ circumstances, have been impossible to ignore.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of refer

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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

Past attempts by the Arizona Department of Education to reclassify large numbers of children learning English as fluent prompted federal investigations by the departments of Justice and Education.

— Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of reclassify

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