synchronize
verb (used with object)
to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another.
synchronized
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past participleof synchronize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof synchronize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
synchronizeverb (used with object)to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another.
Example Sentences
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The global move to higher interest rates leaves “little doubt we’re in a globally synchronized cycle of rate hikes again,” said Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The fMRI also detected less synchronized blood flow in regions of the children’s brains associated with attention and information processing than they did in the adults’.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Research has linked synchronized movement with social bonding and increased pain thresholds, while studies of dance and movement therapy have found benefits for depression, anxiety and interpersonal functioning.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Researchers have uncovered a surprising side effect of artificial lighting: ordinary streetlights can lure thousands of tiny land dwelling isopods into giant synchronized "death spirals."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
I felt I was becoming synchronized with him.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
