"synchronize" meaning in English

See synchronize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɪŋ.krə.naɪːz/ [Canada], /ˈsɪŋ.krə.naɪz/ [UK] Audio: en-us-synchronize.ogg [US], en-au-synchronize.ogg [Australia] Forms: synchronize [canonical], synchronizes [third-person, singular], synchronized [past], synchronized [past, participle], synchronizing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|synchroniz|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you synchronize two or more clocks, watches, etc., you set them to show the same time.
    Sense id: simple-synchronize-en-verb-2Dn0mVz6
  2. If you synchronize two or more things, you make them happen at the same time or go at the same pace.
    Sense id: simple-synchronize-en-verb-N~RmRGwy
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