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synchronize
[ sing-kruh-nahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another:
Synchronize your watches.
- to cause to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together:
They synchronized their steps and walked on together.
- Movies, Television.
- to cause (sound and action) to match precisely:
to synchronize the sound of footsteps with the actor's movements.
- to match the sound and action in (a scene).
- to harmonize or bring into alignment:
To be at peace with yourself you must synchronize your lifestyle with your values.
- to cause (accounts or narratives) to agree in the timing and sequence of events, or to arrange (events) in a way that shows their occurrence in the same time or period:
The early church fathers did not attempt to synchronize the four gospels.
This chart synchronizes inventions that occurred simultaneously in different parts of the world.
- Computers. sync ( def 4 ).
- to adjust the periodicities of (two or more electrical or mechanical devices) so that the periods are equal or integral multiples or fractions of each other.
verb (used without object)
- to occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time.
- to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together; recur together.
- Computers. sync ( def 7 ).
synchronize
/ ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz /
verb
- whenintr, usually foll by with to occur or recur or cause to occur or recur at the same time or in unison
- to indicate or cause to indicate the same time
synchronize your watches
- to download files, esp music or video files, from a PC to a portable device such as an iPod, or to upload files from the device to a PC
- tr films to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position
- tr to designate (events) as simultaneous
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Derived Forms
- ˌsynchroniˈzation, noun
- ˈsynchroˌnizer, noun
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Other Words From
- syn·chro·ni·za·tion [sing-kr, uh, -nahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- syn·chro·niz·er noun
- de·syn·chro·ni·za·tion noun
- de·syn·chro·nize verb (used with object) desynchronized desynchronizing
- un·syn·chro·nized adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of synchronize1
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Example Sentences
He had occupied some of his spare time in attempting to synchronize clocks from a standard clock.
This is used exclusively to synchronize the flow of information between a tape unit and the computer.
Co-operation seemed impossible to synchronize in the East; one partner retreated whenever the other advanced.
If this should happen to synchronize with agrarian discontent, it would be impossible to foretell the issue.
Fred has a telemagneto recorder there that he can synchronize with this outfit easily enough.
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