Dictionary

synchronize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• audio Queensland
• /ˈsɪŋ.kɹəˌnɑez/ (Australia)
• (California) audio
• /ˈsɪŋ.kɹəˌnaɪz/ (Canada, US)
• /ˈsɪŋ.kɹəˌnaɪz/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Ancient Greek συγ- (sug-) Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos) Ancient Greek σῠ́γχρονος (sŭ́nkhronos) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō)der. English synchronize From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ize.

Meanings

1. (British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, 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. ▸ To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
   • The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. 1839, Thomas De Quincey, Philosophy of Roman History:
2. (British, English, Oxford, US, 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. ▸ 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.
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, of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well.
   • Gay men often have interests and concerns that don't synchronize with the issues considered top priorities by lesbians. 1986, Max C. Smith, “By the Year 2000”, in Joseph Beam, editor, In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, page 224:
6. (British, English, Oxford, US, transitive) To coordinate or combine.

Forms

Deriveds

synchronized skating · hypersynchronize · synch · synchronizability · self-synchronize · synchicity · synchroniser · synchronizable · parasynchronize · synchrony · desynchronize · resynchronize · sync · synchronized swimming · synchronicity · missynchronize · synchronizer · synchronisation · dissynchronize · semisynchronizing · synchronization

Relateds

SMIL

Synonyms

sync · sync · sync up · synch · sync up · synch

Translations (39)

ja シンクロナイズさせる (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · hu szinkronizál (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · kk синхрондау (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · id menyinkronkan (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · es sincronizar (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · el συγχρονίζω (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · gl sincronizar (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · ja 同調する (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · mi whakatautokorua (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · ast sincronizar (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · fr synchroniser (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · hu összehangol (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · tl ipagsabay-sabay (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · ru синхронизирова́ть (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · fi synkronoida (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · ro sincroniza (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · is samstilla (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · cmn 同步化 (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · de synchronisieren (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · nl synchroniseren (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · ca sincronitzar (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · mi whakatukutahi (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · be сінхранізава́ць (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · cmn 同步 (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · da synkronisere (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · es poner en hora (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · eo sinkronigi (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · pt sincronizar (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · no synkronisere (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · pl synchronizować (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · tr senkronize etmek (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · hu összeigazít (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · ar زَامَنَ (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · cs synchronizovat (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · fi tahdistaa (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · it sincronizzare (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · ja 同期する (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · uk синхронізува́ти (cause two events to have coordinated timing) · sv synkronisera (cause two events to have coordinated timing)