| VERB | change | synchronize, synchronise, sync | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner |
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| stative | synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise | happen at the same time | |
| communication | synchronize, synchronise | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | |
| cognition | synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise | arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | |
| change | synchronize, synchronise | operate simultaneously | |
| change | synchronize, synchronise | cause to indicate the same time or rate |
| Sounds | sih'ngkrahnay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make synchronous and adjust in time or manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Let's synchronize our efforts" | |
| Synonyms | synchronise, sync | |
| Narrower | phase | Adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition |
| Broader | adjust, set, correct | alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard |
| Opposite | desynchronize, desynchronise | Cause to become desynchronized |
| Spanish | sincronizar | |
| Catalan | sincronitzar | |
| Nouns | synchronization, synchronizing | coordinating by causing to indicate the same time |
| synchronization, synchronizing | an adjustment that causes something to occur or recur in unison | |
| synchronizer | an instrument that indicates whether two periodic motions are synchronous (especially an instrument that enables a pilot to synchronize the propellers of a plane that has two or more engines) | |
| synchrony | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time | |
| Meaning | happen at the same time. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | synchronise, contemporize, contemporise | |
| Broader | happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place | Come to pass |
| Spanish | ajustar al tiempo, sincronizar | |
| Nouns | synchrony, synchronization, synchronizing | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
| Meaning | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "synchronize this film" | |
| Synonym | synchronise | |
| Category | movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick | A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement |
| Narrower | dub | Provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | sincronizar | |
| Nouns | synchrony | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
| Meaning | Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "synchronize biblical events" | |
| Synonyms | synchronise, contemporize, contemporise | |
| Broader | arrange, set up, put, order | Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events |
| Spanish | sincronizar | |
| Nouns | synchrony | the relation that exists when things occur at the same time |
| Meaning | operate simultaneously. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The clocks synchronize" | |
| Synonym | synchronise | |
| Broader | operate, control | Handle and cause to function |
| Similar to | synchronize, synchronise | Cause to indicate the same time or rate |
| Spanish | sincronizarse, sincronizar | |
| Meaning | Cause to indicate the same time or rate. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "synchronize your watches" | |
| Synonym | synchronise | |
| Broader | align, aline, line up, adjust | place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight |
| Similar to | synchronize, synchronise | operate simultaneously |
| Spanish | sincronizar | |
| Catalan | sincronitzar | |
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