federation Alternative forms
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Noun
( en noun)
Act of joining together into a single (l) (l).
- It is 106 years since federation .
Array of (l) or states that are (l) under one central authority which is elected by its members.
Any (l) or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.
(computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
Adjective
( Federation architecture)
( -)
(Australia) Of an architectural style popular around the time of federation.
- We live in a federation house.
* 2000 , Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific , page 221 ,
- The Federation house claimed a unique place in architecture, even if it offended architects.
* 2002 , Andrew Swaffer, Katrina O'Brien, Darroch Donald, Australia: Handbook , page 754 ,
- Five Chimneys', 15 Maria St, T8563 0240. Comfortable accomodation in large ' federation house , spa, swimming pool.
* 2010 , Adrian Franklin, Collecting the 20th Century , page 27 ,
- Plaster kookaburras from the 1930s would still look good in a nature-themed Federation house; h27 cm.
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confederate English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)
Noun
( en noun)
a member of a confederacy
an accomplice in a plot
* Macaulay
- He found some of his confederates in gaol.
(psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a "stooge").
Adjective
( en adjective)
of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
banded together; allied.
* Shakespeare
- All the swords / In Italy, and her confederate arms, / Could not have made this peace.
Quotations
* , Youth's Antiphony, lines 11-12
*: Hour after hour, remote from the world's throng,
*: Work, contest, fame, all life's confederate pleas
Verb
(en-verb)
To combine into a confederacy.
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