Synchronize
verb
To make things happen at the same time or speed.
The dancers have to synchronize their movements to the music.
Often appears as...
- synchronize watches
- synchronize movements
verb
To adjust the time settings of a clock or watch to agree with another one.
We need to synchronize our watches before the mission starts.
Often appears as...
- synchronize clocks
- synchronize watches
verb
In computing, to make sure that data in two or more locations is the same.
I synchronize my computer with my phone, so the files are the same on both.
Often appears as...
- synchronize data
- synchronize files
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Technical
verb
To make things happen at the same time or speed.
The dancers have to synchronize their movements to the music.
Often appears as...
- synchronize watches
- synchronize movements
verb
To adjust the time settings of a clock or watch to agree with another one.
We need to synchronize our watches before the mission starts.
Often appears as...
- synchronize clocks
- synchronize watches
verb
In computing, to make sure that data in two or more locations is the same.
I synchronize my computer with my phone, so the files are the same on both.
Often appears as...
- synchronize data
- synchronize files
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Team Coordination
Used to describe actions in group activities where timing is crucial for unity.
The rowing team practiced to synchronize their strokes.
Pro Tip 2/3Performance Precision
Highlights the importance of timing for performances like dance or orchestra.
The orchestra members synchronize their instruments for a flawless concert.
Pro Tip 3/3Shared Experience
Indicates the simultaneous occurrence of events for collective participation.
We'll synchronize our lunch breaks to eat together.
Pro Tip 1/3Team Coordination
Used to describe actions in group activities where timing is crucial for unity.
The rowing team practiced to synchronize their strokes.
Pro Tip 2/3Performance Precision
Highlights the importance of timing for performances like dance or orchestra.
The orchestra members synchronize their instruments for a flawless concert.
Pro Tip 3/3Shared Experience
Indicates the simultaneous occurrence of events for collective participation.
We'll synchronize our lunch breaks to eat together.
Pro Tip 1/3Team Coordination
Used to describe actions in group activities where timing is crucial for unity.
The rowing team practiced to synchronize their strokes.
Pro Tip 2/3Performance Precision
Highlights the importance of timing for performances like dance or orchestra.
The orchestra members synchronize their instruments for a flawless concert.
Pro Tip 3/3Shared Experience
Indicates the simultaneous occurrence of events for collective participation.
We'll synchronize our lunch breaks to eat together.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
You won't do that by accident; you will do that because you are guided to do that. Now we don't think that way. In the secular world we think, "If an idea is important, I'll bump into it. I'll just come across it." Nonsense, says the religious world view. Religious view says we need calendars, we need to structure time, we need to synchronize encounters.
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Is time travel possible?...
with some super-accurate atomic clocks that were synchronized with some others left on the ground. After the plane had flown around the world, the clocks on board showed a different time from those left behind. Of course, at the speed of trains and planes, the effect is minuscule. But the faster you go, the more time dilates.
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Inside the black hole...
because the black hole that we're looking at gives off copious radio waves. It's emitting all the time. And that's exactly what you did. Exactly. What you're seeing here is we used telescopes all around the world, we synchronized them perfectly with atomic clocks, so they received the light waves from this black hole,
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When is a pandemic over?
The critical factor is to synchronize responses. In a typical pandemic, when one country is peaking, another may be getting its first cases. Instead of every leader responding to what’s happening in their jurisdiction, here everyone must treat the world as the giant interconnected system it is.
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Moral behavior in...
What you have here is two young chimpanzees who have a box, and the box is too heavy for one chimp to pull in. And of course, there's food on the box. Otherwise they wouldn't be pulling so hard. And so they're bringing in the box. And you can see that they're synchronized.
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How can social media...
was to coordinate synchronize their ideas coordinate their actions document the results without having to ask anybody for help or permission and in fact that ability to document things as they were happening was part of what made that protest grow
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How spontaneous brain...
with the deepest stages dominated by large amplitude, low frequency delta waves. But surprisingly, in the middle of this slow wave sleep, the brain's synchronized spontaneous activity repeatedly transitions into the sort of varied bursts
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Who decides how long a...
Today, atomic clocks are used all over the Earth— and beyond it. From radio signal transmitters to satellites for global positioning systems, these devices have been synchronized to help us maintain a globally consistent time—
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TIL: Female Lions...
one thing female lions do is synchronize their reproductive cycles its period yeah it's it's basically the same thing there's several mothers at once they help take care of each other's cubs so
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Boogie at an Animal...
Saccoccia cormorants struggled to pick a target. But synchronised swimming won't protect them from the ocean's most voracious predator, man.
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Atheism 2.0 PIPE Alain de...
You won't do that by accident; you will do that because you are guided to do that. Now we don't think that way. In the secular world we think, "If an idea is important, I'll bump into it. I'll just come across it." Nonsense, says the religious world view. Religious view says we need calendars, we need to structure time, we need to synchronize encounters.
Video examples
Is time travel possible?...
with some super-accurate atomic clocks that were synchronized with some others left on the ground. After the plane had flown around the world, the clocks on board showed a different time from those left behind. Of course, at the speed of trains and planes, the effect is minuscule. But the faster you go, the more time dilates.
Video examples
Inside the black hole...
because the black hole that we're looking at gives off copious radio waves. It's emitting all the time. And that's exactly what you did. Exactly. What you're seeing here is we used telescopes all around the world, we synchronized them perfectly with atomic clocks, so they received the light waves from this black hole,
Video examples
When is a pandemic over?
The critical factor is to synchronize responses. In a typical pandemic, when one country is peaking, another may be getting its first cases. Instead of every leader responding to what’s happening in their jurisdiction, here everyone must treat the world as the giant interconnected system it is.
Video examples
Moral behavior in...
What you have here is two young chimpanzees who have a box, and the box is too heavy for one chimp to pull in. And of course, there's food on the box. Otherwise they wouldn't be pulling so hard. And so they're bringing in the box. And you can see that they're synchronized.
Video examples
How can social media...
was to coordinate synchronize their ideas coordinate their actions document the results without having to ask anybody for help or permission and in fact that ability to document things as they were happening was part of what made that protest grow
Video examples
How spontaneous brain...
with the deepest stages dominated by large amplitude, low frequency delta waves. But surprisingly, in the middle of this slow wave sleep, the brain's synchronized spontaneous activity repeatedly transitions into the sort of varied bursts
Video examples
Who decides how long a...
Today, atomic clocks are used all over the Earth— and beyond it. From radio signal transmitters to satellites for global positioning systems, these devices have been synchronized to help us maintain a globally consistent time—
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TIL: Female Lions...
one thing female lions do is synchronize their reproductive cycles its period yeah it's it's basically the same thing there's several mothers at once they help take care of each other's cubs so
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Boogie at an Animal...
Saccoccia cormorants struggled to pick a target. But synchronised swimming won't protect them from the ocean's most voracious predator, man.
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Daniel Levitin
American Scientist
Our ancient forebears who learned to synchronize the movements of dance were those with the capacity to predict what others around them were going to do and signal to others what they wanted to do next. These forms of communication may well have helped lead to the formation of larger human communities.
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Ray Harryhausen
American Director
I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires.
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Yoko Taro
Japanese Director
Speaking seriously, 'Ikaruga' influenced how I synchronize the game sequences with the music. Combining the two in a way that appeals to people's hearts is a task that's quite difficult.
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John Mackey
American Businessman
I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.
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Helen Frankenthaler
American Artist
One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronised with your head and heart, and you have it. It looks as if it were born in a minute.
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Bruce Beresford
Australian Director
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
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Kevin Jonas
American Musician
We are not a boy band in the traditional sense. We don't dance or have synchronized moves. We are a pop-rock band.
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Prosenjit Chatterjee
Indian Actor
When you are on the host's seat you have to synchronize with so many things.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?
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Ian Botham
English Athlete
I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.
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Daniel Levitin
American Scientist
Our ancient forebears who learned to synchronize the movements of dance were those with the capacity to predict what others around them were going to do and signal to others what they wanted to do next. These forms of communication may well have helped lead to the formation of larger human communities.
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Ray Harryhausen
American Director
I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires.
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Yoko Taro
Japanese Director
Speaking seriously, 'Ikaruga' influenced how I synchronize the game sequences with the music. Combining the two in a way that appeals to people's hearts is a task that's quite difficult.
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John Mackey
American Businessman
I slow down when hiking. The rhythm of nature is more leisurely. The sun comes up, it moves across the sky, and you begin to synchronize to that rhythm.
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Helen Frankenthaler
American Artist
One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronised with your head and heart, and you have it. It looks as if it were born in a minute.
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Bruce Beresford
Australian Director
When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match.
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Kevin Jonas
American Musician
We are not a boy band in the traditional sense. We don't dance or have synchronized moves. We are a pop-rock band.
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Prosenjit Chatterjee
Indian Actor
When you are on the host's seat you have to synchronize with so many things.
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Steven Wright
American Comedian
If one synchronised swimmer drowns, do all the rest have to drown too?
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Ian Botham
English Athlete
I think I'd struggle to get excited by synchronised swimming.
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