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syn⋅chro⋅nize
[sing-kruh-nahyz] 
verb, -nized, -niz⋅ing.–verb (used with 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 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
1615–25; < Gk synchronízein to be contemporary with, equiv. to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -izein -ize
Related forms:
syn⋅chro⋅ni⋅za⋅tion, noun
syn⋅chro⋅niz⋅er, noun
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| syn·chro·nize (sĭng'krə-nīz', sĭn'-) v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es v. intr.
[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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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.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.
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Language Translation for : synchronize
Spanish:
sincronizar(se),
German:
gleichzeitig sein,
Japanese:
同時に起こる
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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