verb
1. happen at the same time
• Syn: ↑synchronize, ↑contemporize, ↑contemporise
• Derivationally related forms: ↑synchronisation, ↑synchrony, ↑synchronization (for: ↑synchronize), ↑synchrony (for: ↑synchronize), ↑synchronizing (for: ↑synchronize)
• Hypernyms:
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
2. make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
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synchronize this film
• Syn: ↑synchronize
• Derivationally related forms: ↑synchrony (for: ↑synchronize)
• Topics:
↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture, ↑moving-picture show, ↑motion picture, ↑motion-picture show, ↑picture show, ↑pic, ↑flick
• Hyponyms: ↑dub
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
3. arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
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synchronize biblical events
• Syn: ↑synchronize, ↑contemporize, ↑contemporise
• Derivationally related forms: ↑synchrony, ↑synchrony (for: ↑synchronize)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
4. operate simultaneously
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The clocks synchronize
• Syn: ↑synchronize
• Verb Group: ↑synchronize
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
5. cause to indicate the same time or rate
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synchronize your watches
• Syn: ↑synchronize
• Verb Group: ↑synchronize
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
6. make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
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Let's synchronize our efforts
• Syn: ↑synchronize, ↑sync
• Ant: ↑desynchronise, ↑desynchronize (for: ↑synchronize)
• Derivationally related forms:
↑synchronisation, ↑synchroniser, ↑synchrony, ↑synchronising, ↑synchronization (for: ↑synchronize), ↑synchronizer (for: ↑synchronize), ↑synchrony (for: ↑synchronize), ↑synchronizing (for: ↑synchronize)
• Hyponyms: ↑phase
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Something ——s something
Useful english dictionary. 2012.