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  a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, having the same function as co- (synthesis; synoptic ); used, with the meaning “with,” “together,” in the formation of compound words (synsepalous ) or “synthetic” in such compounds (syngas ).
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  syn.

  abbreviation

  synonym.
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  adverb

  a variant of syne 1

syn-

¹ American  

1. a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, having the same function as co- (synthesis; synoptic ); used, with the meaning “with,” “together,” in the formation of compound words (synsepalous ) or “synthetic” in such compounds (syngas ).

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syn. ² American  

abbreviation

1. synonym.

2. synonymous.

3. synonymy.

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syn- ¹ British  

prefix

1. with or together

   synecology

2. fusion

   syngamy

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syn ² British  

/ sɪn /

adverb

1. a variant of syne 1

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syn. ³ British  

abbreviation

1. synonym(ous)

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Etymology

Origin of syn-

< Greek, combining form representing sýn with, together with

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

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It is syn. with "Dashar," which Dozy believes to be a softening of Jashar; and Jashsh became Dashsh.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 08 by Sir Richard Francis Burton

Am., subscr., syn., men., vers., bought at Corfu.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

B., prol., syn., carefully written, with scholia to the Acts.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Am., lect., subscr., ῥήμ., στίχ., syn., men., carelessly written, with very unusual readings253.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

Am. lect., syn., men., subscr., στίχ., is Kuster's Paris 6, who says that it supplied him with more various readings than all the rest of his Paris manuscripts put together.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener

The pope also intends to proceed in a synodal way: the word synod derives from the union of two Greekwords, syn, “together,” and odòs, “journey.”

From Time ● Oct. 13, 2014

They provide an opportunity for breaking through the small-town syn drome, with its inherent parochial and provincialisms.

From Time Magazine Archive

Construction Engineer A. F. Darland, grey-haired veteran of dams, watched the dial of a gauge to check the moment the generator syn chronized with others at Bonneville, 450 miles downstream.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was the dread "syn flood," a relatively simple but utterly effective means for shutting down an Internet service provider--or, for that matter, anyone else on the Net.

From Time Magazine Archive

The viij day tok Jhesu hys name, That saved mankynd fro syn and shame, And circumsysed was for no blame, But for ensample of meknesse.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Arthur C. Behrend