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Synchronize

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Verb

1. sync, synchronise, synchronize

make synchronous and adjust in time or manner

Example Sentences:
'Let's synchronize our efforts'

2. contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize

happen at the same time

3. synchronise, synchronize

make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action

Example Sentences:
'synchronize this film'

4. contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize

arrange or represent events so that they co-occur

Example Sentences:
'synchronize biblical events'

5. synchronise, synchronize

operate simultaneously

Example Sentences:
'The clocks synchronize'

6. synchronise, synchronize

cause to indicate the same time or rate

Example Sentences:
'synchronize your watches'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Synchronize

see synonyms of synchronize
verb
1. (when intr, usually foll by with)
to occur or recur or cause to occur or recur at the same time or in unison
2. 
to indicate or cause to indicate the same time
synchronize your watches
3. (transitive)
to download (data) from a PC to a portable device such as an MP3 player, or to upload files from a portable device to a PC
4. (transitive)
to configure (two or more electronic devices) so that any changes to the data held on one device are also implemented on the other(s)
5. (transitive) cinema
to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position
6. (transitive)
to designate (events) as simultaneous

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Synchronize

see synonyms of synchronize
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈsynchroˌnized or ˈsynchroˌnizing
1. 
to move or occur at the same time or rate; be synchronous
verb transitive
2. 
to cause to agree in time or rate of speed; regulate (clocks, a flash gun and camera shutter, etc.) so as to make synchronous
3. 
to assign (events, etc.) to the same date or period; represent as or show to be coincident or simultaneous
4.  Cinema
to align (the picture and soundtrack)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Synchronize

see synonyms of synchronize
v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate: The military units synchronized their operations. We synchronized our watches.
b. To cause to occur or operate at the same time as something else: They synchronized their trip with the annual tulip festival.
2. To represent (events) as occurring at the same time or in the same time period.
3. To arrange (a video or soundtrack, for example) to play or operate in synchronization with something else.
4.
a. To transfer data between (two devices) to ensure that the same data is stored on both.
b. To execute such a transfer to cause the content of (two or more files or other sets of data) to be identical.
v.intr.
1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous: The light flashes of fireflies tend to synchronize with one another.
2. To operate in unison.

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