Dictionary

harmonize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɑː.mə.naɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhɑɹ.mə.naɪz/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From French harmoniser. By surface analysis, harmony + -ize.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To be in harmonious agreement.
   • Late-night disruptions from the previous club repeatedly plagued the neighborhood. Mindful of this experience, we have been anxious to facilitate a new use for the building which would harmonize with the residential character of the area. 1986 February 15, John Cronin, “More To It Than Homophobia”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 31, page 5:
   • This explanation of the clan totem harmonizes with the supposed effect of killing one of the totem species. 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 11, page 220:
2. (intransitive) To play or sing in harmony.
3. (transitive) To provide parts to.
4. (transitive) To bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible; to reconcile; juggle.
   • The flagrant contradiction between the two accounts is explained very simply by the circumstance that they are derived from two different and originally independent documents, which were afterwards combined into a single book by an editor, who pieced the two narratives together without always taking pains to soften or harmonize their discrepancies. 1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 4:
5. (transitive) To provide the harmony for a melody.

Forms

Deriveds

harmonizingly · harmonization · reharmonise · disharmonize · harmonisable · unharmonised · harmonisingly · disharmonise · unharmonized · harmonisation · reharmonize · harmonizer · harmonisability · coharmonize · harmonizability · harmonizable · harmoniser

Relateds

harmonization

Translations (31)

mi whakaōrua (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · ko 조화시키다 (to be in harmonious agreement) · kk үйлестіру (to play or sing in harmony) · fr harmoniser (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · hu harmonizál (to play or sing in harmony) · la concino (to play or sing in harmony) · ca harmonitzar (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · mi whakaōrua (to play or sing in harmony) · hy ներդաշնակացնել (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · de harmonisieren (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · ca harmonitzar (to play or sing in harmony) · de harmonieren (to play or sing in harmony) · ru гармонировать (to be in harmonious agreement) · kk үйлестіру (to provide the harmony for a melody) · zdj ulingana (to be in harmonious agreement) · pl basować (to be in harmonious agreement) · ca harmonitzar (to be in harmonious agreement) · ja ハモる (to play or sing in harmony) · ga armónaigh (to provide the harmony for a melody) · eo akordigi (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · ru гармонизировать (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · de harmonisieren (to provide the harmony for a melody) · cs harmonizovat (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · ko 화합시키다 (to be in harmonious agreement) · fr s'accorder (to be in harmonious agreement) · ga armónaigh (to play or sing in harmony) · de harmonieren (to be in harmonious agreement) · ca harmonitzar (to provide the harmony for a melody) · gl harmonizar (to be in harmonious agreement) · ja 調和させる (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible) · bg хармонизирам (to bring things into harmony, or to make things compatible)