"synergy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɪnəd͡ʒi/ [UK], /ˈsɪnɚd͡ʒi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-synergy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: synergies [plural]
enPR: sĭnʹər-jē [US] Etymology: From Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergía, “cooperation”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|συνεργία||cooperation}} Ancient Greek συνεργία (sunergía, “cooperation”), {{m|grc|σύν||with, together}} σύν (sún, “with, together”), {{m|grc|ἔργον||work}} ἔργον (érgon, “work”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} synergy (countable and uncountable, plural synergies)
  1. (systems theory) A synonym of binding energy. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Systems theory Translations (behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts): синергия (sinergija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sinergia [feminine] (Catalan), 協同效應 (Chinese Mandarin), 协同效应 (xiétóng xiàoyìng) (Chinese Mandarin), synergi [common-gender] (Danish), synergie [feminine] (Dutch), sinergio (Esperanto), synergia (Finnish), synergie [feminine] (French), Synergie [feminine] (German), szinergia (Hungarian), sinergia [feminine] (Italian), 相乗効果 (sōjō kōka) (alt: そうじょうこうか) (Japanese), シナジー (shinajī) (Japanese), синергија (sinergija) [feminine] (Macedonian), еднодејствие (ednodejstvie) [neuter] (Macedonian), synergi (Norwegian), synergi [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), synergi [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sinergia [feminine] (Portuguese), синерги́я (sinɛrgíja) [feminine] (Russian), synergia [feminine] (Slovak), sinergia [feminine] (Spanish), synergi [common-gender] (Swedish), synergieffekt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-synergy-en-noun-G9-X2vPC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 6 6 4 Topics: mathematics, sciences, systems-theory Disambiguation of 'behavior of a system that cannot be predicted by the behavior of its parts': 70 11 12 7
  2. (physiology) The cooperation of two or more nerves, muscles, organs, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Physiology
    Sense id: en-synergy-en-noun-7KUb~Vun Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  3. (pharmacology) The combined action of two or more drugs where the effects are stronger than their mere sum. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pharmacology Translations (medicine: combined action): تَعَاضُد (taʕāḍud) [masculine] (Arabic), sinergia [feminine] (Catalan), synergie [feminine] (Dutch), yhteisvaikutus (Finnish), synergie [feminine] (French), συνεργία (synergía) [feminine] (Greek), samvirkni [feminine] (Icelandic), sinergi (Indonesian) Translations (pharmacology: interaction between drugs): sinergia [feminine] (Catalan), yhteisvaikutus (Finnish), synergismi (Finnish), Synergie [feminine] (German), sinergi (Indonesian)
    Sense id: en-synergy-en-noun-ziy2Ajf9 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: combined action': 7 12 74 7 Disambiguation of 'pharmacology: interaction between drugs': 18 17 56 9
  4. (figurative) Benefits resulting from combining different groups, people, objects or processes. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Translations (benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes): تَعَاضُد (taʕāḍud) [masculine] (Arabic), синергия (sinergija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sinergia [feminine] (Catalan), synergie [feminine] (Dutch), synergia (Finnish), synergie [feminine] (French), Synergie [feminine] (German), Zusammenwirken [neuter] (German), gegenseitige Verstärkung [feminine] (German), συνεργία (synergía) [feminine] (Greek), σύμπραξη (sýmpraxi) [feminine] (Greek), sinergi (Indonesian), sinergia [feminine] (Italian), 相乗効果 (sōjōkōka) (alt: そうじょうこうか) (Japanese), シナジー (shinajī) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-synergy-en-noun-naAeevMU Disambiguation of 'benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes': 6 2 4 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: binding energy (english: in systems theory)
Related terms: energy, monergism, monergy, synergetic, synergetical, synergetically, synergic, synergical, synergically, synergisation, synergise, synergised, synergiser, synergising, synergism, synergist, synergistic, synergistical, synergistically, synergization, synergize, synergized, synergizer, synergizing, synergous, synergously

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Remember the eastern leg of HS2 being lopped back to the East Midlands? To this Yorkshireman, this was a tragedy. It removed the umbilical cord designed to connect and bind together the modern advanced manufacturing corridor of England (West Midlands-East Midlands-the reborn Sheffield-Leeds-Teesside-Tyneside), helping it to be capable of competing internationally through the synergy of skills and skilled people.",
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      "sense": "pharmacology: interaction between drugs",
      "word": "yhteisvaikutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pharmacology: interaction between drugs",
      "word": "synergismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pharmacology: interaction between drugs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Synergie"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "pharmacology: interaction between drugs",
      "word": "sinergi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "taʕāḍud",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَعَاضُد"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sinergija",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "синергия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sinergia"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "synergie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "word": "synergia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "synergie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Synergie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zusammenwirken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gegenseitige Verstärkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synergía",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συνεργία"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýmpraxi",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σύμπραξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "word": "sinergi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sinergia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうじょうこうか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōjōkōka",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "word": "相乗効果"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shinajī",
      "sense": "benefits from combining different groups, people, objects or processes",
      "word": "シナジー"
    }
  ],
  "word": "synergy"
}

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