SYNCHRONIZE Definition & Meaning

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synchronize

[ sing-kruh-nahyz ]

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synchronized, synchronizing.

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.
Movies, Television.
1. to cause (sound and action) to match precisely:
  to synchronize the sound of footsteps with the actor's movements.
2. to match the sound and action in (a scene).
to harmonize or bring into alignment:
To be at peace with yourself you must synchronize your lifestyle with your values.
to cause (accounts or narratives) to agree in the timing and sequence of events, or to arrange (events) in a way that shows their occurrence in the same time or period:
The early church fathers did not attempt to synchronize the four gospels.
This chart synchronizes inventions that occurred simultaneously in different parts of the world.
Computers. sync ( def 4 ).
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.

synchronized, synchronizing.

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.
Computers. sync ( def 7 ).

synchronize

/ 藞蝉瑟艐办谤蓹藢苍补瑟锄 /

whenintr, usually foll 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
tr films to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position
tr to designate (events) as simultaneous

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蝉测苍路肠丑谤辞路苍颈路锄补路迟颈辞苍 [sing-kr, uh, -nahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
蝉测苍路肠丑谤辞路苍颈锄路别谤 noun
de路蝉测苍路肠丑谤辞路苍颈路锄补路迟颈辞苍 noun
诲别路蝉测苍路肠丑谤辞路苍颈锄别 verb (used with object) desynchronized desynchronizing
耻苍路蝉测苍路肠丑谤辞路苍颈锄别诲 adjective

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First recorded in 1615鈥�25; from Greek 蝉测苍肠丑谤辞苍铆锄别颈苍 鈥渢o be contemporary with鈥�; from 蝉媒苍肠丑谤辞苍(辞蝉) synchronous + -izein -ize

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With every bass drop Lake offered to the crowd, he was met with a sea of synchronized hand movements.

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In one synchronized move, they turned around to face us.

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And Margaret is in the other bathroom and she synchronized her movements with the camera.

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We finished with a synchronized wave of yoga poses and a short hike back to La Brea Boulevard.

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Meanwhile, the synchronized body cameras capture multiple perspectives of soldiers working together on the ground.

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