synthesize
verb (used with object)
to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze).
synthesized
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past participleof synthesize.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 synthesize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
synthesizeverb (used with object)to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze).
Example Sentences
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"We were not expecting that because these proteins are mainly synthesized in the liver," says Manish Mishra, PhD, a postdoctoral associate in the Dixit lab and a co-first author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Those viruses are much larger and more complex than the ones synthesized in the experiment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The other products under discussion on Friday are epitalon and semax, which were both discovered and synthesized in Russia.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 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
My nuclei code out the outer membranes of each, and a good many of the enzymes attached to the cristae must be synthesized by me.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
