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Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of synchronize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard
2. 2
   make synchronous and adjust in time or manner wordnet
3. 3
   cause to indicate the same time or rate wordnet
4. 4
   operate simultaneously wordnet
5. 5
   arrange or represent events so that they co-occur wordnet

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6. 6
   make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action wordnet
7. 7
   happen at the same time wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

contemporisecontemporizesyncsynchronizesynchronize

Antonyms

All antonyms

desynchronise

Etymology

From Ancient Greek συγχρονίζω (sunkhronízō), equivalent to syn- + chrono- + -ise.

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