Translations

1 languages

Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To form a synapse.

  2. (intransitive)To undergo synapsis.

Origin

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (suná

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”). Introduced by neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington.

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Forms

synapses, synapsing, synapsed, synapsed

regular · Lesson

Base formsynapse · to synapse
3rd person singularsynapses
Present participlesynapsing
Past simplesynapsed
Past participlesynapsed

Tenses

synapse · synapsed · will synapse · have synapsed

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysynapse
he, she, itsynapses

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave synapsed
he, she, ithas synapsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill synapse

Past simpleLesson

all personssynapsed

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
symptomB1symptomaticC1synagoguesyncsynchronizationsynchronize

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