synchronize Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make synchronous and adjust in time or manner
    synchronise; sync.
    • Let's synchronize our efforts
  2. verb happen at the same time
    synchronise; contemporise; contemporize.
  3. verb make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
    synchronise.
    • synchronize this film
  4. verb arrange or represent events so that they co-occur
    synchronise; contemporise; contemporize.
    • synchronize biblical events
  5. verb operate simultaneously
    synchronise.
    • The clocks synchronize
  6. verb cause to indicate the same time or rate
    synchronise.
    • synchronize your watches

WordNet

Syn"chro*nize intransitive verb
Etymology
Gr. .
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Synchronized ; present participle & verbal noun Synchronizing
Definitions
  1. To agree in time; to be simultaneous.
    The path of this great empire, through its arch of progress, synchronized with that of Christianity. De Quincey.
Syn"chro*nize transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To assign to the same date or period of time; as, to synchronize two events of Greek and Roman history. "Josephus synchronizes Nisan with the Egyptian Pharmus." W. L. Bevan.
  2. To cause to agree in time; as, to synchronize the movements of different machines; to synchronize clocks.

Webster 1913