synchronize
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize.
Affixes: syn-
chrono-
-ize
Inflected forms:
form: synchronizes
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: synchronizing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: synchronized
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: synchronized
pos: verb
tags: past
form: synchronise
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
intransitive
transitive
examples: The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.
gloss: To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
transitive
gloss: To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
transitive
examples: We synchronized our watches and agreed to meet at four o'clock precisely.
gloss: To cause (a set of files, data, or settings) on one computer or device to be (and try to remain) the same as on another.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
ambitransitive
gloss: To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
intransitive
examples: Gay men often have interests and concerns that don't synchronize with the issues considered top priorities by lesbians.
gloss: To coordinate or combine.
pos: verb
tags: British
English
Oxford
US
transitive
Related words: SMIL
Derived words: desynchronize
dissynchronize
hypersynchronize
missynchronize
parasynchronize
resynchronize
self-synchronize
semisynchronizing
sync
synch
synchicity
synchronicity
synchronisation
synchronization
synchroniser
synchronizer
synchronizability
synchronizable
synchronized skating
synchronized swimming
synchrony
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: زَامَنَ
roman: zāmana
lang: Asturian
word: sincronizar
lang: Belarusian
word: сінхранізава́ць
roman: sinxranizavácʹ
lang: Catalan
word: sincronitzar
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 同步
roman: tóngbù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 同步化
roman: tóngbùhuà
lang: Czech
word: synchronizovat
lang: Danish
word: synkronisere
lang: Dutch
word: synchroniseren
lang: Esperanto
word: sinkronigi
lang: Finnish
word: synkronoida
lang: Finnish
word: tahdistaa
lang: French
word: synchroniser
lang: Galician
word: sincronizar
lang: German
word: synchronisieren
lang: Greek
word: συγχρονίζω
roman: synchronízo
lang: Icelandic
word: samstilla
lang: Indonesian
word: menyinkronkan
lang: Italian
word: sincronizzare
lang: Japanese
word: 同調する
roman: dōchō suru
lang: Japanese
word: 同期する
roman: dōki suru
lang: Japanese
word: シンクロナイズさせる
roman: shinkuronaizu saseru
lang: Kazakh
word: синхрондау
roman: sinxrondau
lang: Māori
word: whakatukutahi
lang: Māori
word: whakatautokorua
lang: Norwegian
word: synkronisere
lang: Polish
word: synchronizować
lang: Portuguese
word: sincronizar
lang: Romanian
word: sincroniza
lang: Russian
word: синхронизирова́ть
roman: sinxronizirovátʹ
lang: Spanish
word: sincronizar
lang: Swedish
word: synkronisera
lang: Tagalog
word: ipagsabay-sabay
lang: Turkish
word: senkronize etmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: синхронізува́ти
roman: synxronizuváty