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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•chro•nize /ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -nized, -niz•ing. - to cause to show the agreed upon time, as one clock or watch with another:Let's synchronize our watches and meet in an hour.
- to cause to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate or speed or exactly together:The skating couple had to synchronize their movements perfectly.
- Show Business
- to match the sound and action in (a filmed or taped scene).
syn•chro•ni•za•tion /ˌsɪŋkrənəˈzeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•chro•nize (sing′krə nīz′),USA pronunciation v., -nized, -niz•ing. v.t. - to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another:Synchronize your watches.
- to cause to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together:They synchronized their steps and walked on together.
- Cinema, Show Business[Motion Pictures, Television.]
- to cause (sound and action) to match precisely:to synchronize the sound of footsteps with the actor's movements.
- to match the sound and action in (a scene).
- to cause to agree in time of occurrence;
assign to the same time or period, as in a history. - Electricityto 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.
v.i. - to occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time.
- to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together* recur together.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] syn′chro•nise′. - Greek synchronízein to be contemporary with, equivalent. to sýnchron(os) synchronous + -izein -ize
- 1615–25
syn′chro•ni•za′tion, n. syn′chro•niz′er, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: synchronize, synchronise /ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz/ vb - when intr, usually followed by with: to occur or recur or cause to occur or recur at the same time or in unison
- to indicate or cause to indicate the same time: synchronize your watches
- to download files, esp music or video files, from a PC to a portable device such as an iPod, or to upload files from the device to a PC
- (transitive) to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position
- (transitive) to designate (events) as simultaneous
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