English verb: synchronize | |||
1. | synchronize (change) make synchronous and adjust in time or manner | ||
Samples | Let's synchronize our efforts. | ||
Synonyms | sync, synchronise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjust, correct, set | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | phase | ||
Antonyms | desynchronise, desynchronize | ||
2. | synchronize (stative) happen at the same time | ||
Synonyms | contemporise, contemporize, synchronise | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place | ||
3. | synchronize (communication) make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action | ||
Samples | Synchronize this film. | ||
Synonyms | synchronise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dub | ||
Domain category | film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show | ||
4. | synchronize (cognition) arrange or represent events so that they co-occur | ||
Samples | Synchronize biblical events. | ||
Synonyms | contemporise, contemporize, synchronise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrange, order, put, set up | ||
5. | synchronize (change) operate simultaneously | ||
Samples | The clocks synchronize. | ||
Synonyms | synchronise | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | control, operate | ||
Verb group | synchronise, synchronize | ||
6. | synchronize (change) cause to indicate the same time or rate | ||
Samples | Synchronize your watches. | ||
Synonyms | synchronise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | adjust, align, aline, line up | ||
Verb group | synchronise, synchronize | ||