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1. Make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
   "Let's synchronize our efforts"
   - synchronise [Brit], sync, synch
    
2. Happen at the same time
   - synchronise [Brit], contemporize, contemporise [Brit]
    
3. Make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
   "synchronize this film"
   - synchronise [Brit]
    
4. Arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
   "synchronize biblical events"
   - synchronise [Brit], contemporize, contemporise [Brit]
    
5. Operate simultaneously
   "The clocks synchronize"
   - synchronise [Brit]
    
6. Cause to indicate the same time or rate
   "synchronize your watches"
   - synchronise [Brit]

Derived forms: synchronizing, synchronizes, synchronized

See also: synchronization, synchronizer, synchrony

Type of: adjust, align, aline [non-standard], alter, arrange, change, come about, control, correct, fall out, go on, hap, happen, line up, modify, occur, operate, order, pass, pass off, put, set, set up, take place

Antonym: desynchronize

Encyclopedia: Synchronize