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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

collude en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /kəˈluːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

* From Latin collūdere, from con- and lūdere (“to play”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) to act in concert with; to conspire.
    • William understood Diana more but idealized her less. He was privy to her volatile love life. He knew the tabloids made her life hell, but he also knew she colluded with them. April 5 2022, Tina Brown, “How Princess Diana’s Dance With the Media Impacted William and Harry”, in Vanity Fair:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
colluding Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
colluded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
colluded Tense=Past lexicographic
colludes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Relateds

elude · allude · collusive · illude · collusion · delude

Synonyms

conspire · scheme · to be in cahoots · plot

Translations (30)

fi toimia salaliitossa (to conspire) · nl samenspannen (to conspire) · el συνωμοτώ (to conspire) · es apaniguarse (to conspire) · es coludir (to conspire) · es apaniaguarse (to conspire) · hu összejátszik (to conspire) · de konspirieren (to conspire) · sv konspirera (to conspire) · sv spela under täcket (to conspire) · es apañaguarse (to conspire) · sv stå i maskopi (to conspire) · es conspirar (to conspire) · io koluzionar (to conspire) · fi juonitella (to conspire) · de zusammenwirken (to conspire) · nl colluderen (to conspire) · ru сгова́риваться (to conspire) · fr colluder (to conspire) · de kolludieren (to conspire) · de zusammenspielen (to conspire) · uk змо́витися (to conspire) · uk змовля́тися (to conspire) · ca conspirar (to conspire) · de heimlich kooperieren (to conspire) · de unter einer Decke stecken mit (to conspire) · nl samenzweren (to conspire) · fr faire collusion (to conspire) · fr comploter (to conspire) · ru сговори́ться (to conspire)