COLLIGATING Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

colligating

verb

present participle of colligate

as in collecting

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as in identifying

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Verb

Mechanicville, New York, Police Department Chief William Rabbitt told reporters that after more than a month of collecting evidence, investigators had an apparent motive for Amy Steadman, 64, and her daughter Sarah Myers, 44.

— Matt Foster, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
When the first version can exist by morning, the founder can stop performing certainty and start collecting evidence.

— Adam Ayers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of collecting

Verb

In practice, this means that more employees are spending less time producing outputs themselves and more time identifying problems, guiding outputs and evaluating results.

— Neil Dhar, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
The Sheriff’s Office has not released other identifying information about the person, including gender.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of identifying

Verb

That inference used to be reliable because assembling a fake crowd was expensive.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
As Christie’s notes in the sale catalog, the family continued that commitment across five generations, assembling a collection that reflects both their eye for art and their role in shaping its history.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of assembling

Verb

The main structure of the first cross-border passenger ropeway linking China and Russia has been completed, Chinese officials announced on Sunday.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
The Cherry Creek Arch Bridge carries State Highway 83 through the canyon, linking communities from Parker to Colorado Springs.

— Karen Leigh, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of linking

Verb

Rockstar has a track record of clustering major beats around its parent company’s reporting dates, and a trailer ahead of that call would give the company’s brass something to point at as a symbol of unquestionable success.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
CorPower's commercial plan involves clustering dozens of buoys into arrays called CorPacks, each capable of producing hundreds of megawatts.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 July 2026

Definition of clustering

Verb

Just gaining and gathering a better understanding of the offense so the confidence grows within myself and the receivers.

— Matt Zahn, CBS News, 30 July 2026
OWAReaper then creates a session key, unique to each target, and begins gathering the target’s email address, username and Outlook settings.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

Definition of gathering

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