synchronize
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[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- synchronise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪːz/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪz/
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Verb
[edit]synchronize (third-person singular simple present synchronizes, present participle synchronizing, simple past and past participle synchronized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)
- (transitive) To cause two or more events or actions to happen at exactly the same time or same rate, or in a time-coordinated way.
- (intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
- 1839, Thomas De Quincey, Philosophy of Roman History:
- The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity.
- (transitive) To cause (video and audio) to play in a coordinated way.
- (intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
- (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.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) 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.
- (intransitive, of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
- (transitive) To coordinate or combine.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]cause two events to have coordinated timing
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