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synchronize - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate.
- intransitive verb To cause to occur or operate at the same time as something else.
- intransitive verb To represent (events) as occurring at the same time or in the same time period.
- intransitive verb To arrange (a video or soundtrack, for example) to play or operate in synchronization with something else.
- intransitive verb To transfer data between (two devices) to ensure that the same data is stored on both.
- intransitive verb To execute such a transfer to cause the content of (two or more files or other sets of data) to be identical.
- intransitive verb To occur at the same time; be simultaneous.
- intransitive verb To operate in unison.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To occur at the same time; agree in time.
- To cause to be synchronous; make to agree in time of occurrence.
- To cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another; regulate or control, as a clock, by a standard timepiece, such as the chief clock in an observatory.
- Also spelled
synchronise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To assign to the same date or period of time.
- transitive verb To cause to agree in time
- intransitive verb To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To cause two or more events to happen at exactly the same
time , at the samerate , or in a time-coordinated way. Toharmonize in regard to time. - verb intransitive To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
- verb operate simultaneously
- verb happen at the same time
- verb make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
- verb arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
- verb cause to indicate the same time or rate
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous; see synchronous.]
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Examples
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This means that to synchronize on a particular object, you simply call the synchronize method on that object; in this case, on the object held in the lock field on
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Still ... with no files reported as having changed by the update wizard, I was a little suspicious, so I ran a 'synchronize' app to compare my updated forum files to the backup of my
phpBB.com dncollins 2010
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The marketing propaganda said that the device was supposed to promote relaxation and "synchronize" one's brain waves, whatever that meant.
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The Nook also doesn't have the Alex's "synchronize" button which provides bookmarking and other document interaction on the color LCD.
PCWorld 2010
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"Council of Governors" to help "synchronize" policy regarding foreign and domestic military operations doesn't merely add another redundant layer of bureaucracy to the overgrown Homeland Security apparatus.
Pro Libertate 2010
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The Guardian article, on the other hand, wrote "synchronize".
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Does anyone in charge know how to "synchronize" lights as I suggested?
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January 11 executive order creating a "Council of Governors" to help "synchronize" policy regarding foreign and domestic military operations doesn't merely add another redundant layer of bureaucracy to the overgrown Homeland Security apparatus.
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An automatic option to "synchronize" with a remote host, and make both sides the same, would be very welcome.
PyWeek Diary Entries 2009
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An automatic option to "synchronize" with a remote host, and make both sides the same, would be very welcome.
PyWeek Diary Entries 2009
Related Words
synonyms (90)
Words with the same meaning
- accommodate
- accompany
- accord
- adapt
- adjust
- adjust to
- agree
- assimilate
- associate
- assonate
- atone
- attune
- be harmonious
- be in cahoots
- be in phase
- be in time
- be in tune
- blend
- chart
- chime
- chord
- coact
- coadunate
- codify
- coexist
- coextend
- coincide
- collaborate
- collude
- combine
- concur
- conjoin
- connive
- conspire
- contemporize
- cooperate
- coordinate
- correspond
- cut to
- equalize
- fit
- fix
- gear to
- happen together
- harmonize
- homologate
- homologize
- isochronize
- join
- keep in step
- keep pace with
- key to
- make plumb
- make uniform
- match
- measure
- melodize
- methodize
- musicalize
- normalize
- organize
- plan
- proportion
- put in tune
- rationalize
- reconcile
- rectify
- regularize
- regulate
- right
- routinize
- set
- set right
- settle
- similarize
- sound in tune
- sound together
- standardize
- symphonize
- sync
- synergize
- systematize
- tailor
- time
- trim to
- true
- true up
- tune
- tune up
- unite
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