synchronize
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.
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).
Origin of synchronize
1- Also especially British, syn·chro·nise .
Other words from synchronize
- syn·chro·ni·za·tion [sing-kruh-nahy-zey-shuhn], /ˌsɪŋ krə naɪˈzeɪ ʃən/, noun
- syn·chro·niz·er, noun
- de·syn·chro·ni·za·tion, noun
- de·syn·chro·nize, verb (used with object), de·syn·chro·nized, de·syn·chro·niz·ing.
- un·syn·chro·nized, adjective
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How to use synchronize in a sentence
They marched through the streets of downtown New York to the synchronized beats of the Continental drum corps that followed.
It runs as a polyphonic symphony compared to the simple percussion section of the heart or the synchronized cellos of the liver.
The synchronized dance has locations from the West Indies to Austria and Hong Kong to Australia.
Pandolfe said the Russian military has the ability to deploy these different units in a “synchronized manner.”
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This last-named event synchronized with the discovery of America; Columbus being accompanied by at least one Jewish navigator.
The harmonica was at that moment playing at a distance in tones that perfectly synchronized the movements made by Eusapia.
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille FlammarionEach had also a strong wrist-watch, the three synchronized exactly with the big laboratory clock.
Astounding Stories, April, 1931 | VariousIn other cases the call to enter into God's work synchronized with the first real encounter with God Himself.
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British Dictionary definitions for synchronize
synchronise
/ (ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz) /
(when intr, 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
Derived forms of synchronize
- synchronization or synchronisation, noun
- synchronizer or synchroniser, noun
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