Sync
verb
To make things happen or work at the same time and speed.
I need to sync my calendar with yours to make sure we're both free for the meeting.
Often appears as...
- sync calendar
- sync up
noun
A situation when things happen or move at the same time and speed.
The dancers were in perfect sync.
Often appears as...
- in sync
- out of sync
verb
To transfer digital files from one device to another.
I need to sync my iPhone to my laptop to access the latest photos.
Often appears as...
- sync data
- sync devices
Usage tips
Technical
abbreviation
Short for 'synchronization'.
Check the audio/video sync before starting the presentation.
Often appears as...
- audio/video sync
- sync issues
verb
To make things happen or work at the same time and speed.
I need to sync my calendar with yours to make sure we're both free for the meeting.
Often appears as...
- sync calendar
- sync up
noun
A situation when things happen or move at the same time and speed.
The dancers were in perfect sync.
Often appears as...
- in sync
- out of sync
verb
To transfer digital files from one device to another.
I need to sync my iPhone to my laptop to access the latest photos.
Often appears as...
- sync data
- sync devices
Usage tips
Technical
abbreviation
Short for 'synchronization'.
Check the audio/video sync before starting the presentation.
Often appears as...
- audio/video sync
- sync issues
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Temporal Coordination
Used when expressing the need to coordinate timing between different tasks or schedules.
Let's sync our vacation plans so we don't overlap.
Pro Tip 2/3Collaborative Convenience
Highlights the practicality of having shared or matching schedules for collaboration.
Syncing our deadlines ensures we finish the project together.
Pro Tip 3/3Preceding Action Required
Indicates an action must happen before others can proceed; often used with technology.
You must sync your phone to the network to receive updates.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporal Coordination
Used when expressing the need to coordinate timing between different tasks or schedules.
Let's sync our vacation plans so we don't overlap.
Pro Tip 2/3Collaborative Convenience
Highlights the practicality of having shared or matching schedules for collaboration.
Syncing our deadlines ensures we finish the project together.
Pro Tip 3/3Preceding Action Required
Indicates an action must happen before others can proceed; often used with technology.
You must sync your phone to the network to receive updates.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporal Coordination
Used when expressing the need to coordinate timing between different tasks or schedules.
Let's sync our vacation plans so we don't overlap.
Pro Tip 2/3Collaborative Convenience
Highlights the practicality of having shared or matching schedules for collaboration.
Syncing our deadlines ensures we finish the project together.
Pro Tip 3/3Preceding Action Required
Indicates an action must happen before others can proceed; often used with technology.
You must sync your phone to the network to receive updates.
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Video examples
Where good ideas come...
An idea -- a new idea -- is a new network of neurons firing in sync with each other inside your brain. It's a new configuration that has never formed before. And the question How do you get your brain into environments where these new networks are going to be more likely to form? And it turns out that, in fact, the network patterns of the outside world
Video examples
What’s the point(e) of...
While classical ballet gestures often respond to musical elements, the degree to which the dancers and orchestra align is another choreographic tool. Some characters and scenes move in sync to create rhythmic clarity, while others deliberately diverge from the orchestra. Dancers and musicians maintain this delicate balance
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TED2016 in review PIPE...
talking about and I feel so caught up in the passion that he or she is talking about and then they're describing how they got caught up and their passion and it's transferring to me and I realize that our brains are in sync and I'm getting all you know verklempt and I think I'm gonna cry and then I think I
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3 steps to getting what...
When we think about negotiations, we think about being tough. We charge in like it's a battle, brandishing our influence and our power moves. But a negotiation doesn't have to be a fight with winners and losers. Think of it more like a dance, two or more people moving fluidly in sync.
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How friendship affects...
In the closest friendships, it can almost feel as if you’re metaphysically connected— two bodies and minds, perfectly in sync. And there is science to this! Your ability to connect with others somewhat depends on the coordination of actions, emotions, physiology, and thoughts.
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Steven Strogatz: How...
I was trying to think, how is sync connected to happiness, and it occurred to me that for some reason we take pleasure in synchronizing. We like to dance together, we like singing together. And so, if you'll put up with this, I would like to enlist your help
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Greg Long: Big Wave...
But when you reach deep within yourself, bringing your mind and body into momentary sync, with the rhythm and power of the swells, and for brief moment, seemingly defying nature, and successfully riding one of those waves. For me,
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James Balog: Time-lapse...
almost a million years before our current time. And several things are important. Number temperature and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere go up and down basically in sync. You can see that from the orange line and the blue line.
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Everything you hear on...
and you've synced them to the image, you want those sounds to live in the world of the story. And one the best ways to do that is to add reverb. So this is the first audio tool I want to talk about.
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How I made friends with...
or undergo labor. So to me, the mindset that denies that, that denies that we're in sync with the biorhythms, the cyclical rhythms of the universe,
Video examples
Where good ideas come...
An idea -- a new idea -- is a new network of neurons firing in sync with each other inside your brain. It's a new configuration that has never formed before. And the question How do you get your brain into environments where these new networks are going to be more likely to form? And it turns out that, in fact, the network patterns of the outside world
Video examples
What’s the point(e) of...
While classical ballet gestures often respond to musical elements, the degree to which the dancers and orchestra align is another choreographic tool. Some characters and scenes move in sync to create rhythmic clarity, while others deliberately diverge from the orchestra. Dancers and musicians maintain this delicate balance
Video examples
TED2016 in review PIPE...
talking about and I feel so caught up in the passion that he or she is talking about and then they're describing how they got caught up and their passion and it's transferring to me and I realize that our brains are in sync and I'm getting all you know verklempt and I think I'm gonna cry and then I think I
Video examples
3 steps to getting what...
When we think about negotiations, we think about being tough. We charge in like it's a battle, brandishing our influence and our power moves. But a negotiation doesn't have to be a fight with winners and losers. Think of it more like a dance, two or more people moving fluidly in sync.
Video examples
How friendship affects...
In the closest friendships, it can almost feel as if you’re metaphysically connected— two bodies and minds, perfectly in sync. And there is science to this! Your ability to connect with others somewhat depends on the coordination of actions, emotions, physiology, and thoughts.
Video examples
Steven Strogatz: How...
I was trying to think, how is sync connected to happiness, and it occurred to me that for some reason we take pleasure in synchronizing. We like to dance together, we like singing together. And so, if you'll put up with this, I would like to enlist your help
Video examples
Greg Long: Big Wave...
But when you reach deep within yourself, bringing your mind and body into momentary sync, with the rhythm and power of the swells, and for brief moment, seemingly defying nature, and successfully riding one of those waves. For me,
Video examples
James Balog: Time-lapse...
almost a million years before our current time. And several things are important. Number temperature and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere go up and down basically in sync. You can see that from the orange line and the blue line.
Video examples
Everything you hear on...
and you've synced them to the image, you want those sounds to live in the world of the story. And one the best ways to do that is to add reverb. So this is the first audio tool I want to talk about.
Video examples
How I made friends with...
or undergo labor. So to me, the mindset that denies that, that denies that we're in sync with the biorhythms, the cyclical rhythms of the universe,
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Quote examples
Lake Bell
American Actress
I think, in general, when you're doing comedy, you're having a good time regardless of the comedy table tennis that you're playing. I think you want that, too: you're rooting for two characters to be together, and you should feel that even when they're angry at each other, they're still in synch with each other.
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Manoj Bajpayee
Indian Actor
In 'Queen,' songs were the part of events happening in the story, and that is where we enjoy music. We dance at weddings, we lip sync at bars and discos, and there are special moments in life which need background music. It should be depicted in films in the same way.
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William Devane
American Actor
What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.
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Ally Brooke
American Musician
The four of us are really in sync with each other. We're pretty open about most things. We try to respect each other as much as we can. For us, communication is really important.
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Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
Back in the day, when a man in a wig had to 'lip sync for their life,' they relied on a wig reveal, rose petals or picking up their opponent and twirling them around.
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Bjork
Musician
There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.
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Justin Rosenstein
American Businessman
In general, good tools for staying in sync just haven't been built and made available to the world.
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Bernardo Bertolucci
Italian Writer
Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
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Laura Carmichael
British Actress
When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
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John Petrucci
American Musician
Definitely an important aspect of my playing is keeping my hands in sync.
Quote examples
Lake Bell
American Actress
I think, in general, when you're doing comedy, you're having a good time regardless of the comedy table tennis that you're playing. I think you want that, too: you're rooting for two characters to be together, and you should feel that even when they're angry at each other, they're still in synch with each other.
Quote examples
Manoj Bajpayee
Indian Actor
In 'Queen,' songs were the part of events happening in the story, and that is where we enjoy music. We dance at weddings, we lip sync at bars and discos, and there are special moments in life which need background music. It should be depicted in films in the same way.
Quote examples
William Devane
American Actor
What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.
Quote examples
Ally Brooke
American Musician
The four of us are really in sync with each other. We're pretty open about most things. We try to respect each other as much as we can. For us, communication is really important.
Quote examples
Bianca Del Rio
American Entertainer
Back in the day, when a man in a wig had to 'lip sync for their life,' they relied on a wig reveal, rose petals or picking up their opponent and twirling them around.
Quote examples
Bjork
Musician
There's something about the rhythm of walking, how, after about an hour and a half, the mind and body can't help getting in sync.
Quote examples
Justin Rosenstein
American Businessman
In general, good tools for staying in sync just haven't been built and made available to the world.
Quote examples
Bernardo Bertolucci
Italian Writer
Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late.
Quote examples
Laura Carmichael
British Actress
When I emerge from filming I feel slightly out of synch with real life, but it's also a relief.
Quote examples
John Petrucci
American Musician
Definitely an important aspect of my playing is keeping my hands in sync.
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