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syn·chro·nize 
[sing-kruh-nahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -nized, -niz·ing.
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[sing-kruh-nahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -nized, -niz·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches. |
| 2. | to cause to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together: They synchronized their steps and walked on together. |
| 3. | Movies, Television.
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| 4. | to cause to agree in time of occurrence; assign to the same time or period, as in a history. |
| 5. | 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. |
| 6. | to occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time. |
| 7. | to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together; recur together. |
Also, especially British, syn·chro·nise.
[Origin: 1615–25; < Gk synchronízein to be contemporary with, equiv. to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -izein -ize]
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syn·chro·ni·za·tion, noun
syn·chro·niz·er, noun
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| syn·chro·nize
(sĭng'krə-nīz', sĭn'-) Pronunciation Key
v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v. intr.
v. tr.
[Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous; see synchronous.] syn'chro·ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n., syn'chro·niz'er n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
synchronize
synchronize
c.1624, "to occur at the same time," from Gk. synchronizein "be of the same time," from synchronos "happening at the same time" (see synchronous). The sense of "make synchronous" is first recorded 1806. Synchronized swimming is recorded from 1950.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| synchronize | |
verb | |
| 1. | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" [ant: desynchronise] |
| 2. | happen at the same time |
| 3. | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" |
| 4. | arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" |
| 5. | operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize" |
| 6. | cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches" |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Synchronize
Syn"chro*nize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Synchronized; p. pr. & vb. n. Synchronizing.] [Gr. ?.] To agree in time; to be simultaneous. The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. --De Quincey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Synchronize
Syn"chro*nize\, v. t. 1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history. "Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus." --W. L. Bevan. 2. To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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