synthesize
to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
Chemistry. to combine (constituent elements) into a single or unified entity.
to treat synthetically.
Origin of synthesize
1- Also synthetize; especially British, syn·the·sise .
Other words from synthesize
- syn·the·si·za·tion, noun
- non·syn·the·sized, adjective
- re·syn·the·size, verb (used with object), re·syn·the·sized, re·syn·the·siz·ing.
- un·syn·the·sized, adjective
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How to use synthesize in a sentence
Her biggest triumph was persuading the luminal epithelial cells to form a continuous layer that could maintain the compartments critical for synthesizing milk.
Startups are racing to reproduce breast milk in the lab | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewA shortage of iodine was tied to goiter—an inflammation of the thyroid gland, which needs iodine to synthesize key hormones—and to “cretinism,” an archaic name for developmental delays and cognitive impairments.
One man’s crusade to end a global scourge with better salt | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSo, having just synthesized all the evidence that compassion can be beneficial for the giver too, I decided to do an experiment on myself.
How Do You Cure a Compassion Crisis? (Ep. 444) | Stephen J. Dubner | December 17, 2020 | FreakonomicsBecause the gating network synthesizes the expert networks rather than switching them on sequentially, MELA is able to come up with blends of different experts that allow it to tackle problems none could solve alone.
New Deep Learning Method Helps Robots Become Jacks-of-all-Trades | Edd Gent | December 14, 2020 | Singularity HubTo achieve their synthesized milk, Perfect Day inserted a bit of cow DNA into Trichoderma reesei fungus.
British Dictionary definitions for synthesize
synthetize, synthesise or synthetise
/ (ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz) /
to combine or cause to combine into a whole
(tr) to produce by synthesis
Derived forms of synthesize
- synthesization, synthetization, synthesisation or synthetisation, noun
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