synthesize

American  

[sin-thuh-sahyz] / ˈsɪn θəˌsaɪz /

especially British, synthesise

verb (used with object)

• synthesizes,
  present (3rd person singular)
• synthesized,
  past participle,  past
• synthesizing
  present participle

1. to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze).

   to synthesize a statement.

2. Chemistry. to combine (constituent elements) into a single or unified entity.

3. to treat synthetically.

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verb (used without object)

• synthesizes,
  present (3rd person singular)
• synthesized,
  past participle,  past
• synthesizing
  present participle

1. to make or form a synthesis.

synthesize British  

/ ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz /

verb

1. to combine or cause to combine into a whole

2. (tr) to produce by synthesis

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• synthesization
  noun
• resynthesize
  verb (used with object)
• nonsynthesized
  adjective
• unsynthesized
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Participles

• synthesizing
  present
• synthesized
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• synthesize
  simple
• synthesizes
  simple
• have synthesized
  perfect
• has synthesized
  perfect
• am synthesizing
  progressive
• are synthesizing
  progressive
• is synthesizing
  progressive
• have been synthesizing
  perfect progressive
• has been synthesizing
  perfect progressive

Past

• synthesized
  simple
• had synthesized
  perfect
• was synthesizing
  progressive
• were synthesizing
  progressive
• had been synthesizing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will synthesize
  simple
• will have synthesized
  perfect
• will be synthesizing
  progressive
• will have been synthesizing
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of synthesize

First recorded in 1820–30; synthes(is) + -ize

Explanation

When you synthesize, you combine two or more things to create something more complex. It's becoming more common for doctors these days to synthesize Eastern and Western approaches to medicine. While synthesize was first used in 1830, scientists and inventors were doing what it means long before that, mixing stuff together to create new materials and products. Medical researchers chemically synthesize chemicals every day in the lab, hoping to create the next wonder drug. When you write a research paper on a given topic, you must find and synthesize information related to that topic, so you can understand what it means and structure an argument in support of your thesis.

Example Sentences

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"Our strategy is using this new carbon nanostructure to synthesize platinum cobalt intermetallic nanoparticles that can reduce precious metal content and enhance activity and stability," Wu said.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

Clinicians and patients can use AI to collect and synthesize every bit of scientific data on the planet to help make a diagnosis or a treatment plan.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 27, 2026

"We synthesize unique nanoscale building blocks and stack them into interesting structures. In this case, we were able to stabilize these theorized transitional structures and demonstrate important quantum optical properties."

From Science Daily ● May 30, 2026

At SharkNinja, the company’s AI-native workers are working on high-level projects, such as using the technology to synthesize data signals to make real-time adjustments to its supply chain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

It should synthesize a particular grievance into a succinct and pithy phrase, while mobilizing the people to combat it.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Mortgage lenders typically buy a “tri-merge” report that synthesizes information and scores from the three bureaus for about $80 to $100.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

The platform’s AI then synthesizes this information and generates a robust appeal letter that incorporates data from peer-reviewed scientific evidence, legal precedents where insurers have lost in court and relevant policy.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025

"It was quite surprising to find that a modern electron acceptor like F5H had partnered with an ancient protein to develop new biochemical machinery that synthesizes the advanced lignin structure."

From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024

WeCount synthesizes the data and creates imputations for the clinics that don't send their data.

From Salon ● May 15, 2024

Parks Canada is also taking advantage of another technological development called stereophotogrammetry, which produces pictures in pairs and then synthesizes hundreds of these pairings to produce extraordinarily clear images of whatever object is being studied.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Those viruses are much larger and more complex than the ones synthesized in the experiment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

It was first synthesized from thymosin β4 in 2003 and has since been used to help horses and greyhounds improve racing performance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sports are ideal for new video and communication technologies, as athletic performance is measured by statistics, and that data can be tabulated, synthesized and repurposed for viewers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

"That is why enzymatic synthesis in water can matter. If far more than 64 sequences can be synthesized in parallel, it could offer an environmentally friendly route toward writing DNA at very large scale."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

The hormone cortisol, recently synthesized in the lab, had been found to arrest the virilization these girls normally underwent, allowing them to develop as normal females.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

It’s well to remember that in the early days of synthesizing instruments, violins with perfect vibrato sounded especially fake, until tiny errors generated by chance were added to the sine waves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026

In a new study published in Nature Electronics, a Harvard led research team unveiled a silicon chip capable of synthesizing 64 different DNA sequences at the same time.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026

But Socolow came off as masterful at synthesizing energy challenges and environmental concerns, and Pacala brought deep knowledge of how carbon moves between Earth’s atmosphere, land and oceans.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

“If you’re synthesizing the stuff that yields biological life and viruses, we’re asking you to screen to see whether it is dangerous in some way,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

During reproduction, the helices separate, assisted by a special unwinding protein, each synthesizing an identical copy of the other from nucleotide building blocks floating about nearby in the viscous liquid of the cell nucleus.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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