synthesize

[ sin-thuh-sahyz ]

/ ˈsɪn θəˌsaɪz /

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verb (used with object), syn·the·sized, syn·the·siz·ing.

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

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

to treat synthetically.

verb (used without object), syn·the·sized, syn·the·siz·ing.

to make or form a synthesis.

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Also synthetize; especially British, syn·the·sise .

Origin of synthesize

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

OTHER WORDS FROM synthesize

syn·the·si·za·tion, nounnon·syn·the·sized, adjectivere·syn·the·size, verb (used with object), re·syn·the·sized, re·syn·the·siz·ing.un·syn·the·sized, adjective

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How to use synthesize in a sentence

All that passes between the glimpses is lost, and so the true whole, reason can never synthesise from that which it possesses.
Bygone Beliefs|H. Stanley Redgrove
Attempts to synthesise a compound of this formula have been so far without success.
Researches on Cellulose|C. F. Cross
No visitor, however, who wants to synthesise Paris should omit this adventure.
A Wanderer in Paris|E. V. Lucas
To teach the adverb implies a conceptual process, because the child must synthesise certain attributes into his notion adverb.
Ontario Normal School Manuals: Science of Education|Ontario Ministry of Education

Thus a given type of nucleus will continue to synthesise other nuclein of its own kind.
Darwin and Modern Science|A.C. Seward and Others

British Dictionary definitions for synthesize

synthesize

synthetize, synthesise or synthetise

/ (ˈsɪnθɪˌsaɪz) /

verb

to combine or cause to combine into a whole

(tr) to produce by synthesis

Derived forms of synthesize

synthesization, synthetization, synthesisation or synthetisation, noun

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synthesize

Origin of synthesize

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British Dictionary definitions for synthesize

synthetize, synthesise or synthetise

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