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To syndicate is to publish or broadcast something across many channels simultaneously.

(verb)

When you broadcast your radio show on 30 different stations throughout the U.S., this is an example of a situation where you syndicate your radio show.

The definition of a syndicate is a group that was designed or established to serve a common purpose, or is an entity that supplies news information to many newspapers and other media outlets all at the same time.

(noun)

An example of a syndicate is when a group of people come together to try to promote and raise money for the arts.
An example of a syndicate is a company that provides news to many different newspapers and media outlets.

See syndicate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a group or council of syndics
1. an association of individuals or corporations formed to carry out some financial project requiring much capital
2. any group organized to further some undertaking
3. ☆ an informal association of criminals controlling a network of vice, gambling, etc.
4. ☆ a group of newspapers, owned as a chain
☆ an organization that sells special articles or features for publication by many newspapers or periodicals

Origin: Fr syndicat < syndic, syndic

transitive verb syndicated, syndicating

to manage as or form into a syndicate
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1. to sell (an article, feature, etc.) through a syndicate for publication in many newspapers or periodicals
2. to sell (a program, series, etc.) to a number of radio or TV stations

intransitive verb

to form a syndicate

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syndication noun
syndicator noun

See syndicate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An association of people or firms authorized to undertake a duty or transact specific business.
An association of people or firms formed to engage in an enterprise or promote a common interest.
A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
The office, position, or jurisdiction of a syndic or body of syndics.

verb (-kātˌ) syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing, syn·di·cates

verb, transitive

a. To organize into or manage as a syndicate.
b. To sell shares in.
To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.
To sell (a television series, for example) directly to independent stations.

verb, intransitive

To join together in a syndicate.

Origin:

Origin: French syndicat

Origin: , from Old French, office of syndic

Origin: , from Medieval Latin syndicātus

Origin: , from Late Latin syndicus, syndic; see syndic

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