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synchroniser |
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synchronize
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| synchronizer
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| synchronology
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synchronize
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb synchronize has 6 senses
- synchronize(v = verb.change) sync, synchronise - make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" is one way to adjust, correct, set
- synchronize(v = verb.stative) contemporise, contemporize, synchronise - happen at the same time; Array is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
- synchronize(v = verb.communication) synchronise - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" is one way to alter, change, modify
- synchronize(v = verb.cognition) contemporise, contemporize, synchronise - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" is one way to arrange, order, put, set up
- synchronize(v = verb.change) synchronise - operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize" is one way to control, operate
- synchronize(v = verb.change) synchronise - cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches" is one way to adjust, align, aline, line up
Antonym: desynchronize
Derived forms noun synchronization3, noun synchronization2, noun synchronizer1, noun synchronizing3, noun synchronizing2, noun synchrony1
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Derived forms noun synchronization1, noun synchronizing1, noun synchrony1
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Derived form noun synchrony1
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Derived form noun synchrony1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
synchronize, v. i. [Gr. .].
To agree in time; to be simultaneous. [1913 Webster]
"The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity."
[1913 Webster]
synchronize, v. t.
- To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history. W. L. Bevan. [1913 Webster]
- To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
synchronize, v. (also -ise)
1 intr. (often foll. by with) occur at the same time; be simultaneous.
2 tr. cause to occur at the same time.
3 tr. carry out the synchronism of (a film).
4 tr. ascertain or set forth the correspondence in the date of (events).
5 a tr. cause (clocks etc.) to show a standard or uniform time. b intr. (of clocks etc.) be synchronized.
1 intr. (often foll. by with) occur at the same time; be simultaneous.
2 tr. cause to occur at the same time.
3 tr. carry out the synchronism of (a film).
4 tr. ascertain or set forth the correspondence in the date of (events).
5 a tr. cause (clocks etc.) to show a standard or uniform time. b intr. (of clocks etc.) be synchronized.
Idiom
synchronized swimming a form of swimming in which participants make coordinated leg and arm movements in time to music.
Derivative
synchronization n. synchronizer n.
THESAURUS
synchronize
accommodate, accompany, accord, adapt, adjust, adjust to, agree, assimilate, associate, assonate, atone, attune, be harmonious, be in cahoots, be in phase, be in time, be in tune, blend, chart, chime, chord, coact, coadunate, codify, coexist, coextend, coincide, collaborate, collude, combine, concur, conjoin, connive, conspire, contemporize, cooperate, coordinate, correspond, cut to, equalize, fit, fix, gear to, happen together, harmonize, homologate, homologize, isochronize, join, keep in step, keep pace with, key to, make plumb, make uniform, match, measure, melodize, methodize, musicalize, normalize, organize, plan, proportion, put in tune, rationalize, reconcile, rectify, regularize, regulate, right, routinize, set, set right, settle, similarize, sound in tune, sound together, standardize, symphonize, sync, synergize, systematize, tailor, time, trim to, true, true up, tune, tune up, uniteROGET THESAURUS
synchronize
Accompaniment
VB accompany, coexist, attend, hang on, wait on, go hand in hand with, synchronize, bear company, keep company, row in the same boat, bring in its train, associate with, couple with.Synchronism
VB coexist, concur, accompany, go hand in hand, keep pace with, synchronize.
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