FEDERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does federate mean? 

• FEDERATE (adjective)
  The adjective FEDERATE has 1 sense:

1. united under a central government

  Familiarity information: FEDERATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• FEDERATE (verb)
  The verb FEDERATE has 2 senses:

1. enter into a league for a common purpose

2. unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

  Familiarity information: FEDERATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FEDERATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United under a central government

Synonyms:

federate; federated

Similar:

united (characterized by unity; being or joined into a single entity)

• FEDERATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they federate    ... he / she / it federates   
Past simple: federated   
Past participle: federated   
-ing form: federating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enter into a league for a common purpose

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

federalise; federalize; federate

Context example:

The republics federated to become the Soviet Union

Hypernyms (to "federate" is one way to...):

merge; unify; unite (become one)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unite on a federal basis or band together as a league

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

federalise; federalize; federate

Context example:

The country was federated after the civil war

Hypernyms (to "federate" is one way to...):

unify; unite (act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

federation (the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs)

federation (a union of political organizations)

federation (an organization formed by merging several groups or parties)

 Context examples 

Services that are needed to maintain the running of a grid, including monitoring and discovery service, security management service (authentication and authorization), identifier naming and resolution service, query and federated query service, and workflow management service.

(Core Grid Service, NCI Thesaurus)