Meaning

6 senses
  1. To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.

    (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive)To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.

    synchronisieren

    синхронизирова́тьsinxronizirovátʹ

    синхронізува́тиsynxronizuváty

    happen at the same time

  2. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To cause (video and audio) to play in a coordinated way.

  3. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another.

    We synchronized our watches and agreed to meet at four o'clock precisely.

    cause to indicate the same time or rate

  4. (British, English, Oxford, US, ambitransitive)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.

  5. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive)To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.

  6. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive)To coordinate or combine.

Examples

18 sentences
  1. Let's synchronize our watches.

    ruДавайте сверим часы.

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  2. Let's synchronize our watches?

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  3. I enjoy watching synchronized swimming.

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  4. The traffic lights are all synchronized.

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  5. When couples hold hands, their brainwaves synchronize.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
cause two events to have coordinated timing:
Русский
By meaning 1
cause two events to have coordinated timing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
cause two events to have coordinated timing:

Origin

From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize.

From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize.

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Forms

synchronizes, synchronizing, synchronized, synchronized
Base formsynchronize · to synchronize
3rd person singularsynchronizes
Present participlesynchronizing
Past simplesynchronized
Past participlesynchronized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysynchronize
he, she, itsynchronizes

Past simpleLesson

all personssynchronized

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill synchronize

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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