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syn·chro·nize
(sĭng′krə-nīz′, sĭn′-)v. syn·chro·nized, syn·chro·niz·ing, syn·chro·niz·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause to occur or operate with exact coincidence in time or rate: The military units synchronized their operations. We synchronized our watches.
b. To cause to occur or operate at the same time as something else: They synchronized their trip with the annual tulip festival.
2. To represent (events) as occurring at the same time or in the same time period.
3. To arrange (a video or soundtrack, for example) to play or operate in synchronization with something else.
4.
a. To transfer data between (two devices) to ensure that the same data is stored on both.
b. To execute such a transfer to cause the content of (two or more files or other sets of data) to be identical.
v.intr.
1. To occur at the same time; be simultaneous: The light flashes of fireflies tend to synchronize with one another.
2. To operate in unison.
[Greek sunkhronizein, to be contemporary, from sunkhronos, contemporaneous; see synchronous.]
syn′chro·ni·za′tion (-nĭ-zā′shən) n.
syn′chro·niz′er n.
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synchronize
(ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz) orsynchronise
vb
1. (when: intr, usually foll by with) to occur or recur or cause to occur or recur at the same time or in unison
2. to indicate or cause to indicate the same time: synchronize your watches.
3. to download files, esp music or video files, from a PC to a portable device such as an iPod, or to upload files from the device to a PC
4. (Film) (tr) films to establish (the picture and soundtrack records) in their correct relative position
5. (tr) to designate (events) as simultaneous
ˌsynchroniˈzation, ˌsynchroniˈsation n
ˈsynchroˌnizer, ˈsynchroˌniser n
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syn•chro•nize
(ˈsɪŋ krəˌnaɪz)v. -nized, -niz•ing. v.t.
1. to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another.
2. to cause to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together.
3.
a. to cause (sound and action) to match precisely in the making of a film or videotape.
b. to match the sound and action in (a filmed or taped scene).
4. to cause to agree in time of occurrence; assign to the same time or period, as in a history.
v.i. 5. to occur at the same time or coincide or agree in time.
6. to go on, move, operate, work, etc., at the same rate and exactly together; recur together.
[1615–25; < Greek synchronízein to be contemporary with; see synchronous]
syn`chro•ni•za′tion, n.
syn′chro•niz`er, n.
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synchronize
Past participle: synchronized
Gerund: synchronizing
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| Verb | 1. | synchronize - make synchronous and adjust in time or manner; "Let's synchronize our efforts" adjust, correct, set - alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; "Adjust the clock, please"; "correct the alignment of the front wheels" phase - adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine" desynchronise, desynchronize - cause to become desynchronized; cause to occur at unrelated times |
| 2. | synchronize - happen at the same time hap, happen, occur, come about, take place, go on, pass off, fall out, pass - come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" | |
| 3. | synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language | |
| 4. | synchronize - arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events" | |
| 5. | synchronize - operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize" synchronise, synchronize - cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches" | |
| 6. | synchronize - cause to indicate the same time or rate; "synchronize your watches" align, aline, adjust, line up - place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight; "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table" synchronise, synchronize - operate simultaneously; "The clocks synchronize" |
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Translations
synchronizovat
synkronisere
szinkronban van
stilla saman; hljóîsetja
sinchronizacijasinchronizuotisutikrinti
saskaņotsinhronizēt
synchronizovať
eş zamanlamak
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synchronize
[ˈsɪŋkrənaɪz] synchronise (British) vt → synchroniser
vi
to synchronize with sth → se synchroniser avec qchsynchronized swimming synchronised swimming (British) n → natation f synchronisée
to synchronize with sth → se synchroniser avec qchsynchronized swimming synchronised swimming (British) n → natation f synchronisée
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synchronize
vt → abstimmen (→ with auf +acc); two actions, movements → aufeinander abstimmen; (Film) → synchronisieren (with mit); clocks → gleichstellen (with mit); synchronize (your) watches! → Uhrenvergleich!; synchronized swimming → Synchronschwimmen nt
vi (Film) → synchron sein (with mit); (clocks) → gleich gehen; (actions) → zusammenfallen, gleichzeitig ablaufen (with mit); (movements) → in Übereinstimmung sein (with mit)
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
synchronize,
synchronise
(ˈsiŋkrənaiz) verb to (cause to) happen at the same time, go at the same speed etc, as something else. In the film, the movements of the actors' lips did not synchronize with the sounds of their words; to synchronize watches.
ˌsynchroniˈzation, ˌsynchroniˈsation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
synchronize
vt sincronizarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.