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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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to cause (sound and action) to match precisely: to synchronize the sound of footsteps with the actor's movements.
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to match the sound and action in (a scene).
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to cause to agree in time of occurrence; assign to the same time or period, as in a history.
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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.
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to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together; recur together.
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is always a great word to know.
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Also, especially British, syn·chro·nise.
Origin:
1615–25; < Greek synchronízein to be contemporary with, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -izein -ize
1615–25; < Greek synchronízein to be contemporary with, equivalent to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -izein -ize
Related forms
syn·chro·ni·za·tion, noun
syn·chro·niz·er, noun
de·syn·chro·ni·za·tion, noun
de·syn·chro·nize, verb (used with object), de·syn·chro·nized, de·syn·chro·niz·ing.
un·syn·chro·nized, adjective
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| synchronizing | |
noun | |
| 1. | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time; "the drug produces an increased synchrony of the brain waves" [syn: synchronism] [ant: asynchronism] |
| 2. | an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison [syn: synchronization] |
| 3. | coordinating by causing to indicate the same time; "the synchronization of their watches was an important preliminary" [syn: synchronization] |
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