synthesize
verb (used with object)
to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze).
has synthesized
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present perfectof synthesize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The paragraphs above and below this comment show how Tran has synthesized content from several sources to help establish and reinforce key supports of her essay.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
Benner has challenged Cronin to test the approach on samples of “semi-complex” material that Benner’s group has synthesized from simple carbon precursors in lab conditions mimicking the atmosphere of Venus.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 23, 2021
A team in North Carolina has synthesized an important but unrecorded 1960 speech by Martin Luther King Jr., acoustically accurate down to the echoes in the Durham church.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2018
A group led by virologist David Evans of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, says it has synthesized the horsepox virus, a relative of smallpox, from genetic pieces ordered in the mail.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 6, 2017
We have no man in the short story today who has synthesized his age, who has thrown a light on the peculiar many-sided adventure of modernity, who has achieved a sense of universality.
From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by John Cournos
