synchronic

[ sin-kron-ik, sing- ]
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adjectiveLinguistics.
  1. having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.

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Origin of synchronic

1
1825–35; <Late Latin synchron(us) synchronous + -ic
  • Sometimes syn·chron·i·cal .

Other words from synchronic

  • syn·chron·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • non·syn·chron·ic, adjective
  • non·syn·chron·i·cal, adjective
  • non·syn·chron·i·cal·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for synchronic

synchronic

/ (sɪnˈkrɒnɪk) /


adjective
  1. concerned with the events or phenomena at a particular period without considering historical antecedents: synchronic linguistics Compare diachronic

  2. synchronous

Derived forms of synchronic

  • synchronically, adverb

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