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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Still, the cumbia villera of her childhood — a heavily synthesized subgenre born in the outskirts of Buenos Aires in the late 1990s — runs through everything she makes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Its a continuation of the precedent they’ve set in terms of lyrical and sonic quality, but simultaneously is far more melancholic and synthesized than their previous work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The researchers used their model to generate genomes based on the template virus and then synthesized the DNA and put the AI-generated viruses into bacterial cells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even so, researchers have still not successfully synthesized it in a laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
The author must possess a range of expertise spanning the above disciplines, so that relevant advances can be synthesized.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
