"synchronize" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪːz/ [Canada], /ˈsɪŋ.kɹə.naɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-synchronize.ogg [US], en-au-synchronize.ogg [Australia] Forms: synchronizes [present, singular, third-person], synchronizing [participle, present], synchronized [participle, past], synchronized [past]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-}}, {{uder|en|grc|συγχρονίζω}} Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō) Head templates: {{en-verb}} synchronize (third-person singular simple present synchronizes, present participle synchronizing, simple past and past participle synchronized)
  1. (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.
    (intransitive) To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
    Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-synchronize-en-verb-pHDt~9re Disambiguation of Time: 39 32 28 2 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 20 23 4 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 23 17 27 6 5 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 27 27 20 25 0 1
  2. (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.
    (transitive) To cause (video and audio) to play in a coordinated way.
    Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-synchronize-en-verb-U1GTaAtf Disambiguation of Time: 39 32 28 2 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 20 23 4 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 23 17 27 6 5 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 27 27 20 25 0 1
  3. (transitive) To set (a clock or watch) to display the same time as another. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-synchronize-en-verb-WOZtINLv Disambiguation of Time: 39 32 28 2 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 20 23 4 5 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 23 17 27 6 5 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 27 27 20 25 0 1
  4. (computing, transitive, intransitive) 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. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-synchronize-en-verb-2pnI2EXk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations, Oxford spellings Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 21 20 23 4 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 22 18 29 4 4 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 23 23 17 27 6 5 Disambiguation of Oxford spellings: 27 27 20 25 0 1 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (intransitive, of inanimate entities) To agree, be coordinated with, or complement well. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, intransitive
    Sense id: en-synchronize-en-verb-5MNcFIfC
  6. (transitive) To coordinate or combine. Tags: British, English, Oxford, US, transitive
    Sense id: en-synchronize-en-verb-GmthECgH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: synchronise (english: non-Oxford British spelling) Related terms: SMIL Translations (cause two events to have coordinated timing): sincronizar (Asturian), сінхранізава́ць (sinxranizavácʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), sincronitzar (Catalan), 同步 (tóngbù) (Chinese Mandarin), 同步化 (tóngbùhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), synchronizovat (Czech), synkronisere (Danish), synchroniseren (Dutch), synkronoida (Finnish), tahdistaa (Finnish), synchroniser (French), sincronizar (Galician), synchronisieren (German), συγχρονίζω (synchronízo) (Greek), samstilla (Icelandic), sincronizzare (Italian), 同調する (dōchō suru) (alt: どうちょうする) (Japanese), 同期する (dōki suru) (alt: どうきする) (Japanese), シンクロナイズさせる (shinkuronaizu saseru) (Japanese), синхрондау (sinxrondau) (Kazakh), whakatukutahi (Maori), whakatautokorua (Maori), synkronisere (Norwegian), synchronizować (Polish), sincronizar (Portuguese), sincroniza (Romanian), синхронизирова́ть (sinxronizirovátʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), sincronizar (Spanish), synkronisera (Swedish), senkronize etmek (Turkish), синхронізува́ти (synxronizuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian)
Derived forms: self-synchronize, sync, synch, synchicity, synchronicity, synchronisation, synchronization, synchroniser, synchronizer, synchronized skating, synchronized swimming, synchrony Disambiguation of 'cause two events to have coordinated timing': 33 34 1 30 1 2

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      "alt": "どうちょうする",
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      "roman": "sinxronizirovátʹ",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "sincronizar"
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      "word": "synkronisera"
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}
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        "(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.",
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    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "sincronizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sinxranizavácʹ",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "sincronitzar"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngbù",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "同步"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóngbùhuà",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "同步化"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synchronizovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synkronisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synchroniseren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synkronoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "tahdistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synchroniser"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "sincronizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synchronisieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synchronízo",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "συγχρονίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "samstilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "sincronizzare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうちょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōchō suru",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "同調する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "どうきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dōki suru",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "同期する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinkuronaizu saseru",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "シンクロナイズさせる"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sinxrondau",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "синхрондау"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "whakatukutahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "whakatautokorua"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synkronisere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synchronizować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "sincronizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "sincroniza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sinxronizirovátʹ",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "синхронизирова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "sincronizar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "synkronisera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "word": "senkronize etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "synxronizuváty",
      "sense": "cause two events to have coordinated timing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "синхронізува́ти"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Synchronization"
  ],
  "word": "synchronize"
}

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